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AP Bio 1.1
Biology's most exciting era
| Biology | the scientific study of life |
|---|---|
| Properties of life | order, evolutionary adaptation, response to the environment, regulation, energy processing, growth and development, and reproduction |
| Levels of Biological Organization | the biosphere, ecosystems, communities, populations, organisms, organs and organ systems, tissues, cells, organelles, and molecules |
| Producers | organisms that convert light energy to chemical energy |
| Consumers | organisms that eat producers and other consumers |
| DNA | what make up chromosomes |
| Genes | the units of inheritance that transmit information from parents to offspring |
| Genome | all of the genetic instructions that an organism inherits |
| Eukaryotic Cell | contains various membrane-enclosed organelles, has a nucleus |
| Prokaryotic Cell | DNA is not separated from the rest of the cell |