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30 Cards in this Set
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Order
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small components to larges components to make complex unit.
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Evolutionary adaptation
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ability to change from generation to next adapt and pass down genes.
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Regulation
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homeostasis maintain internal environment, regardless of external environment.
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Energy process
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turn sugars to useful energy through metabolism and make ATP.
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Growth and Development
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grow in size or in numbers.
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Response to enviroment
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Response to stimuli from environment. Immediate response.
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Reproduction
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to make offspring's.
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The biosphere
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consist of everything in planet earth.
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Ecosystem
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Desert, Tundra, Rain forest, Grass lands and Coral reefs.
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Communities
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array of organisms inhabiting a particular ecosystem.
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Population
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specific species living within specific area.
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Organisms
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individual living things. ex: 1 wolf.
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Organs and organ systems
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*organ: the heart. *organ system: respiratory system (2 or more organ working with one common goal.) |
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Tissues
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a group of cell working together performing a specialized function.
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Cells
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smallest unit that represent life.
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Organelles
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Mitochondria, Golgi body, lysosomes etc..
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Molecules
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a chemical structure consisting of two or more units called an atoms.
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Taxanomy
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the branch of biology that names and classifies species, formalizes this ordering of species into groups of increasing breadth, based on the degree to which they share characteristics.
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Taxonomy mnemonic
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*species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom and domain. *King David & Phillip came over from great Spain. |
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What the 3 domains of life? what kingdoms can you find in them?
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*Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya. *Domain Eukarya kingdoms: Plantae, Fungi, Protists. |
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Domain Bacteria characteristics
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Prokaryotes, diverse and widespread, No membrane bound nucleus, single cell, no membrane bound organelles.
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Domain Archaea characteristics
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Prokaryotes, Extremophiles, single cell, No membrane bound Nucleus, no membrane bound organelles.
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Domain Eukarya characteristics
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Eukaryotic cells, bigger, more complex, has membrane bound nucleus, membrane bound organelles, mostly multi cell (exception of others.)
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Who is Charles Darwin?
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*Studied natural selection. *Wrote: the origin of species. |
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what is Natural selection?
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*evolutionary adaptation. *species that have best suited trait, have better chances of propagating and better chance to past down its genes. |
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How do we study Nature?
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Scientific method.
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Hypothesis
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predications based on observations that answer your question.
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What is a control
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*It is the group that gets nothing. *it serves |
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Variable
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factors that vary in an experiment.
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