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EB Ch1

chapter 1 stack for essentials bio

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A good definition of biology would be? Study of living or once living things.
What step of the scientific method of inquiry comes after data collection? forming a hypothesis
What are called autotrophs? Organisms that obtain their energy by making their own food.
What is an example of autotroph? Plants, algae
What are heterotrophs? Are organisms that must take in food to meet their energy needs.
What do heterotrophs include? All animals and fungi as well as unicellular organisms and a few plant species.
Organisms transmits heredity information to their offspings is called what? Reproduction
Asexual reproduction is what? Heredity information from organisms is not combined.
Natural selection is what? Organisms that have favorable traits are better able to successfully reproduce than organisms that lack these traits.
A short segment of DNA that contains the instructions of the development of a single Trait of an organism is called? Gene
What is evolution? Population of organisms change over generations. It also explains how organisms alive today are related to those that live in the past.
Living things maintain a stable internal conditions called? Homeostasis
What is adaptation? An inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival in a particular environment.
To increase of an object's apparent size. Magnification
What is resolution? The powers to show details clearly in the microscope.
One cell organisms. Unicellular organism
Multicellular organisms contain what? More than one cell
What is the base unit for length? Meter
What is the base unit for mass? kilogram
Second is the base unit for what? Time
The base unit for temperature is? Kelvin or K
Organisms that obtain energy by taking in food are? Heterotrophs
The most important driving force in evolution is? Natural selection
The resolution of the microscope refers to what? The ability is show detail clearly.
What are the steps of the scientific method? Observing, asking questions, collecting data, hypothesizing, experimenting and conclusions
reproduction involves the transfer of genetic information from parents to offsprings
Biology is the study of what All living things
Stable internal environment maintained by living things is called homeostasis
Information gathered by scientist to answer their questions Data
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