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| The study of living things. |
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| Community plus physical environment |
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| Membrane-bound internal compartments for specialized reactions. |
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| All regions of the earth that sustain life. |
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| Structural unit in which combinations of tissues work together. |
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| Organized aggregations of cells and substances working together. |
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| Populations of all species in the same area. |
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| Group of individuals of the same type in the same area. |
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| An individual consisting of interdependent cells. |
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| Two or more organs working together. |
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| _______ use the food energy stored in producers; animals. |
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| Organisms that use the energy of the sun to make their own food; plants. |
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| Electron, proton, neutron |
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| Two or more atoms bound together |
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| Smallest unit of an element. |
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| The ability to capture and use raw materials. |
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| Smallest unit with the capacity to live and reproduce independently or as a part of a multi-celled organism. |
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1, The ability to capture and use raw materials.
2. The ability to sense and respond.
3. The ability to reproduce.
4. The ability to evolve. |
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| What are the 4 characteristics of living things? |
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| Who invented the binomial system of classification in 1753? |
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1. Domain
2. Kingdom
3. Phylum (phyla)
4. Class
5. Order
6. Family
7. Genus (genera)
8. Species |
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| List the 8 catagories of classification from most inclusive to least inclusive. |
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1. Archaea
2. Bacteria
3. Eukarya |
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| What are the 3 domains of living things? |
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1. Archaebacteria
2. Eubacteria
3. Protistans
4. Fungi
5. Plants
6. Animals |
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| A molecule (nucleic acid) which carries the blueprint for living things. |
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| The aquisition of traits through the transmission of DNA from parents to offspring. |
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| The mechanism of transmitting DNA from parent to offspring. |
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| A heritable change in DNA. For a mutation to be heritable, it must occur in a gamete. |
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| The range of traits which occurs in a populations as a result of mutation. |
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| A particular trait that helps an individual survive and reproduce. |
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| Evolution by natural selection |
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| Change in a population of organisms over many generatoins when the environment favors individuals with adaptive traits. |
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| The change in a population of organisms that occurs over many generations in an artificial environment. |
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| A consistant mode of thinking where the evidence supports the conclusion. |
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Make a general statement from specific observations
specific ---> general |
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Make a specific prediction from general observations
general ---> specific |
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| A standard group to which experimental groups are compared. |
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| Error associated with subsets of groups that are not representative of the entire group. |
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| A hypothesis supported by many rigorous tests and disproved by none. |
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