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Life 6th edition

Chapter 1 What is Life

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SCIENTIFIC METHOD A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO INTERPRETING OBSERVATNS; INVOLVES REASONING, PREDICTING, TESTING, AND DRAWING CONCLUSNS AND THEN PUTTING THEM INTO PERSPECTIVE W/EXISTING KNOWLEDGE
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION ANY FORM OF REPRODUCTN NOT REQUIRING THE FUSION OF GAMETES
BIOCHEMICAL MOLECULE IMPORTANT IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, FOUND ONLY IN CELLS
BIODIVERSITY THE SPECTRUM OF SPECIES OR ALLELES IN AN AREA
CELL STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF LIFE
CLASS A TAXONOMIC CATEGORY BELOW PHYLUM BUT ABOVE ORDER
COMMUNITY ALL THE INTERACTING ORGANISMS IN A GIVEN AREA
CONTROL AN UNTREATED GRP USED AS A BASIS FOR COMPARISON W/A TREATED GRP IN AN EXPERIMT
DECOMPOSER AN ORGANISM THAT CONSUMES FECES/DEAD ORGANISMS,RETURNING INORGANIC MOLECULES TO ECOLOGICAL CYCLES
DOMAIN A TAXONOMIC DESIGNATION THAT SUPERCEDES KINGDOM
DIVSION A TAXONOMIC CATEGORY IDENTICAL TO PHYLUM
ECOSYSTEM ALL ORGANISMS AND THEIR NONLIVING ENVORNMENT IN A DEFINED AREA
EMERGENT PROPERTY A QUALITY THAT APPEARS AS COMPLEXITY INCREASES
EPIDEMIOLOGY THE ANALYSIS OF DATA DERIVED FROM REAL-LIFE, NONEXPERIMENTAL SITUATIONS
EVOLVE/EVOLUTION CHANGING ALLELE FREQUENCIES IN A POPULATION OVER TIME. AFFECTED TRAITS SAID TO EVOLVE
EXPERIMENT A TEST TO DISPROVE A HYPOTHESIS
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