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| the process of change that has ransformed life on Earth from its earliest beginnings to the diversity of organisms living today |
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| due to arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases |
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| goal is to construct models for the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems |
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| subdivided by internal membranes into various membrane-enclosed organelles |
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| DNA is not separated from the rest of the cell by enclosure in a membrane-bounded nucleus |
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| units of inheritance that transmit information from parents to offspring |
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| entire "library" of genetic instructions that an organism inherits |
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| accumulation of an end product of a process slows that process |
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| an end product speeds up its production |
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| domain Bacteria and domain ARchaea |
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| all eukaryotes (organisms with eukaryotic cells) are grouped here |
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| a search for information and explanation, often focusing on specific questions |
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| describes natural structures and processes as accurately as possible through careful observation and analysis of data |
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| through induction, we derive generalizations from a large number of specific observations |
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| tentative answer to a well-framed question |
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| logic flows from general to specific |
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| one that is designed to compare an experimental group |
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1) broader than a a hypothesis
2) general enough to spin off many new, specific hypotheses
3) generally supported by a much greater body of evidence |
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| representations of natural phenomena |
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| generally applies scientific knowledge for some specific purpose |
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All the organisms on your campus make up
a. an ecosystem
b. a community
c. a population
d. an experimental group
e. a taxonomic domain |
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Which of the following is a correct sequence of levels in life's hierarchy, proceeding downward from an individual animal?
a. brain, organ system, nerve cell, nervous tissue
b. organ system, nervous tissue, brain
c. organism, organ system, tissue, cell, organ
d. nervous system, brain, nervous tissue, nerve cell
e. organ system, tissue, molecule, cell |
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| d. nervous system, brain, nervous tissue, nerve cell |
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Which of the following is not an observation or inference on which Darwin's theory of natural selection is based?
a. Poorly adapted individuals never produce offspring.
b. There is a heritable variation among individuals.
c. Because of overproduction of offspring, there is competition for limited resources.
d. Individuals whose inherited characteristics best fit them to the environment will generally produce more offspring.
e. A population can become adapted to its environment over time. |
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| a. Poorly adapted individuals never produce offspring. |
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Systems biology is mainly an attempt to
a. understand the integration of all levels of biological organization from molecules to the biosphere
b. simplify complex problems by reducing the system into smaller, less complex units.
c. construct models of the behavior of entire biological systems.
d. build thigh-throughput machines for the rapid acquisition of biological data.
e. speed up the technological application of scientific knowledge |
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| c. construct models of the behaivor of entire biological systems |
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Protists and bacteria are grouped into different domains because
a. protists eat bacteria
b. bacteria are not made of cells
c. protists have a membrane-bounded nucleus, which bacterial cells lack
d. bacteria decompose protists
e. protists are photosynthetic |
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| c. protists have a membrane-bounded nucleus, which bacterial cells lack |
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Which of the following best demonstrates the unity among all organisms?
a. matching DNA nucleotide sequences
b. descent with modification
c. the structure and function of DNA
d. natural selection
e. emergent properties |
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| c. the structure and function of DNA |
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Which of the following is an example of qualitative data?
a. the temperature decreased from 20 degrees Celsius to 15 degrees Celsius
b. the plant's height is 25 cm
c. the fish swam in a zig-zag motion
d. the six pairs of robins hatched an average of three chicks
e. the contents of the stomach are mixed every 20 seconds |
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| c. The fish swam in a zig-zag motion |
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