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Intro and Biochem
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
09/16/2008

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Term
Biology
Definition
the study of life
Term
Properties of Life
Definition

displays movement

takes in and releases energy

grows/ responds to stimuli

Adapts to changes in its environment

made of subassmeblies/ evolves

reproduces by giving genetic material to its offspring

Term

Accretion

Definition
an increase by natural growth or addition
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Two-main scientific approaches

Definition

discovery

hypothesis-driven

Term
hypothesis
Definition
a tentative answer to some question
Term

Hypothesis properties

Definition

possible cause

specific

reflect past experience with similar questions

must be testable through experimentation

may be accepted, rejected, or revised--never proven

Term

Scientific Inquiry Procedure

Definition

Observation

question

hypothesis

prediction

test

*repeat if neccessary*

Term
Francesco Redi
Definition

(1668)

designed an experiment to disprove spontaneous generation

Term
Independent Variable
Definition
the thing that is deliberately manipulated to invoke a change in the dependent variable
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Dependent Variable
Definition
the variable being observed for a response
Term
Ways to Publicize findings
Definition

scientific conferences

research seminars

publications

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Primary literature
Definition

very specific scientifiv publications

journals

periodicals

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Secondary literature
Definition

summaries of scientific discoveries in layman's terms.

Newspapers

Time Magazine

National Geographic

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Two Features that distinguish science from other styles of inquiry
Definition

Observations and measurements that others can verify

 

Ideas (hypotheses) are testable by experiments that others can repeat

Term
Scientific Theory
Definition

A comprehensive explanation

Broad in scope

Supported by abundant evidence

Term

Jan and Zacharias Janssen

(1590)

Definition

Invented the microscope--used bits of curved glass

Term

Robert Hooke

(1663)

Definition

curator of experiements for the Royal Society of London

 

Altered design so that light went through specimen instead of reflecting from it/ used cork

 

Often credited for being the first guy to use "cell"

Term

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

(1675-1680)

Definition

Danish merchant who used microscope to observe water samples, eggs, sperms, etc.

 

Used term "animalcules" to describe bacteria and protists

Term

Matthias Schleiden

(1838)

Definition

"plants are made of cells"

Term

Thodore Schwann

(1839)

Definition
German zoologist- "animal tissues are composed of cells"
Term

Rudolf Virchow

(1858)

Definition
"every cell from a cell"
Term
The Cell Theory
Definition

The cell is the basic unit of structure and function of living things

 

All living things are composed of cells

 

Cells arise from preexisting cells

Term

Cytology

Definition
the study of cells
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