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| 7 characteristics of living things |
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| growth/devel/reprod, homeostasis, energy utilization, evolutionary adaptation, ordered complexity, cellular organization, sensitivity |
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| hierarchical organization |
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| cellular, organismal, population, ecosystem, biosphere |
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| general to specific (all mammals have hair, one does not-> not a mammal) |
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| specific to general (if a poodle has hair-> all dogs have hair) |
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| 1. Q 2. Induction 3. deduction 4. test 5. repeat test 6. report results |
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sci- persuit of knowledge
tech- use of knowledge |
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| each lvl has unique properties, couldn't be predicted by knowing the properties of the lvls below it |
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| based off of diff. in dan |
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1. physical
2. chemical
3. biological
4. cultural |
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| believed that use or disuse of organ exaggerated organs |
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| Darwin's 5 lines of evidence for evolution |
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| 1. fossil 2. anatomy 3. embryology 4. biogeography 5. breeding |
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| 4 parts of natural selection |
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| 1. reproduction 2. variation 3. competition 4. natural selection |
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| bell curve, wide range, intermediate/avg. traits |
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| discreet traits w/in pop. no intermediates-ex. blood a,b,ab,o |
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| ability to leave offspring |
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| disruptive/diversifying selection |
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| selection acts to eliminate intermediate types |
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| selection acts to eliminate 1 extreme from an array of phenotypes |
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| avg. is prefered, selection tries to eliminate two extremes |
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| allele has multiple phenotypic effects |
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| darker individuals come to predominate over lighter ones |
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| the study of the geographic distribution of species. diff geographic areas have sim. plants & animals but they are distantly related |
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| structures that no longer have a function |
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| hereditary disease, abnormal hemoglobin causes red blood cells to shrivel when O2 is low. Usually fatal. Hetero.- protects africans from malaria |
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| universe exists, rational study, pays. laws explain pays. phenomena |
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| no concept of ethics- neutral |
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