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Characteristic of Life, Systematics, and Ecosystems
Concepts of Biology 111 Test 1
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
01/30/2013

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Biology
Definition
the study of life
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7 characteristics of living things
Definition

cells

different levels of organization

use energy

respond to environment

grow

reproduce

adapt to environment

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12 levels of organization of living things
Definition
elements, atoms, molecules, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome
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Photosynthesis
Definition
energy taken in from light by plants to make food molecules
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Cellular respiration
Definition
food molecules then used to transfer the energy from the sun to non photosynthetic organisms (when animal eats plant)
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Metabolism
Definition
all of the chemical reactions in the cell that break down molecules and build molecules
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Homeostasis
Definition
status quo! internal environment kept within certain range
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Growth
Definition
number of cells increases 
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Development
Definition
all changes that occur from egg fertilization to death
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Systematics
Definition
Classifying an organism based upon presumed evolutionary relationships
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8 categories of classification of living things
Definition
Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
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3 domains of living things
Definition

Bacteria- prokaryotic, unicellular, lack membrane bound organelles

Archaea- same as bacteria

Eukarya- Eukaryotic, unicellular, multicellular, have membrane bound organelles

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4 kingdoms of eukarya domain
Definition
animal, plant, fungi, protist
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relationship of producers, consumers, and decomposers
Definition

consumers eat produces, decomposers eat dead shit

(naughty word Jack -_-)

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Autotrophs and heterotrophs
Definition
Auto: creates own food. Hetero: consumes food
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Plants, herbivores, carnivores, bigger carnivores, humans
Definition
"easy" you suck Jack
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Primary productivity
Definition
amount of biomass that is created by primary producers
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Biomass
Definition
amount of matter (by mass) contained in living things
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Biodiversity
Definition
relative amounts, types, and numbers of species
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Extinction
Definition
death of entire species
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