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Bio CH 1

The Study Of Life

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Biology is the study of all forms of life
The biosphere includes all living things and all the places they are found
biosphere= everywhere life exists
biodiversity is the variety of life
biodiversity generally increases from the poles to the equator
biodiversity is greater in areas with consistently warm temperatures
biodiversity is greater near the equator
Species- is one particular type of living thing
Members of a species can interbreed to: reproduce
About how many different living species are identified 2 million
All organisms share certain Characteristics
Whats an organism any individual living thing
What are the characteristics of life -All are made of one or more cells -All need energy for metabolism -All respond to their environment -All have DNA that they pass on to offspring -Growth+ development
All levels of life have systems of related parts
A system is an organized group of interacting parts
A cell is a system of Chemical and processes
A body system includes organs that interacts
An ecosystem includes living and nonliving things that interact
Organisms must maintain homeostasis to survive in diverse environments
Homoeostasis the maintenance of constant internal conditions
Plants get energy from a process called Photosynthesis
The basic unit of matter is known as a atom
We get our characteristics from the genes
The project where they attempted to sequence all human DNA human genome
an educated guess hypothesis
an organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world is science
the process by which molecules of a substance move from an area higher concentration to lower concentration is diffusion
The ____ is the part of of the cell that controls all the cell's activities nucleus
The process farmers may use in order to achieve the best crop selection is genetic engineering
the scientist related to the theory of evolution by natural selection is charles darwin
What is the main source of energy for life on earth sunlight
A,AB,B and O are symbols for different blood types
Chloroplast are organelles found only in plant cells
the method that scientist use when designing and experiment known as the scientific method
In cells, the energy available in food is used to make an energy rich compound called ATP
genetic material that makes everyone different from one another DNA
The study of interactions between an organism and its environment is known as ecology
sugars are the components that make up the macromolecule known as carbohydrates
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