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Chapter one vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ADAPTIVE TRAIT | ANY ASPECT OF FORM, FUNCTION, OR BEHAVIOR THAT HELPS THE INDIVIDUAL SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE UNDER PREVAILING CONDITIONS |
| ANIMALIA | KINGDOM OF ANIMALS |
| ARCHAEBACTERIA | KINGDOM OF PROKARYOTES MORE LIKE EUKARYOTIC CELLS THAN EUBACTERIA; INCLUDES METHANOGENS, HALOPHILES AND THERMOPHILES |
| ARTIFICIAL SELECTION | SELECTION OF TRAITS AMONG INDIVIDUALS OF A POPULATION IN AN ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT UNDER CONTRIVED CONDITIONS. |
| BIOLOGY | THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF LIFE |
| BIOSPHERE | ALL REGIONS OF EARTHS WATER, CRUST, AND ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH ORGANISMS LIVE |
| CELL | SMALLEST LIVING UNIT; ORGANIZED UNIT WITH A CAPACITY TO SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE ON ITS OWN GIVING DNA INSTRUCTIONS, ENERGY SOURCES, AND RAW MATERIALS. |
| COMMUNITY | ALL POPULATIONS IN A HABITAT. ALSO A GROUP OF ORGANISMS WITH SIMILAR LIFESTYLES IN A HABITAT, SUCH AS BIRD COMMUNITY |
| CONSUMER | A HETEROTROPH THAT FEEDS ON CELLS OR TISSUES OF OTHER ORGANISMS FOR CARBON AND ENERGY |
| CONTROL GROUP | A GROUP USED AS A STANDARD FOR COMPARISON WITH AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP. IDEALLY, A CONTROL GROUP IS IDENTICAL WITH THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP IN ALL RESPECTS EXCEPT FOR THE ONE VARIABLE BEING STUDIED. |
| DECOMPSOR | FUNGAL OR BACTERIAL HETEROTROPH. OBTAINS CARBON AND ENERGY FROM REMAINS, PRODUCTS, OR WASTES OF ORGANISMS. |
| DEVELOPMENT | OF MULTI-CELLED SPECIES EMERGENCE OF SPECIALIZED, MORPHOLOGICALLY DISTINCT BODY PARTS ACCORDING TO A GENETIC PROGRAM |
| DNA | DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID. FOR CELLS & MANY VIRUSES A NUCLEIC ACID THAT IS THE MOLECULE OF INHERITANCE. "H" BONDS HOLD ITS 2 HELICALLY TWISTED NUCLEOTIDE STRANDS TOGETHER.DNA'S NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE ENCODES INSTRUCTIONS 4 SYNTHESIZING PROTEINS,IE NEW IND |
| ECOSYSTEM | ARRAY OF ORGANISMS AND THEIR PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, ALL INTERACTING BY A FLOW OF ENERGY AND A CYCLING OF MATERIALS. |
| ENERGY | CAPACITY TO DO WORK. |
| EUBACTERIA | KINGDOM OF ALL PROKARYOTIC CELLS EXCEPT ARCHAEBACTERIA. |
| EVOLUTION | GENETICALLY BASED CHANGE IN A LINE OF DESENT OVER TIME. |
| EXPERIMENT | TEST THAT SIMPLIFIES OBSERVATION IN NATURE OR IN THE LABORATORY BY MANIPULATING AND CONTROLLING CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE OBSERVATIONS ARE MADE. |
| FUNGI | KINGDOM OF FUNGI WHICH, AS A GROUP, ARE MAJOR DECOMPOSERS. ALSO INCLUDES DIVERSE PATHOGENS OR PARASITE. |
| GENUS | A GROUPING OF ALL SPECIES PERCEIVED TO BE MORE CLOSELY RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER IN THEIR MORPHOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY THAN TO OTHER SPECIES ON THE SAME TAXONOMIC LEVEL. |
| HOMEOSTASIS | STATE IN WHICH PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ARE BEING MAINTAINED WITHIN RANGES SUITABLE FOR CELL ACTIVITIES. |
| HYPOTHIES | IN SCIENCE, A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION OF PHENOMENON, ONE THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE PROOFED FALSE BY EXPERIMENTAL TEST. |
| LOGIC | THOUGHT PATTERNS BY WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL DRAWS A CONCLUSION THAT DOES NOT CONTRADICT EVIDENCE USED TO SUPPORT THAT CONCLUSION. |
| METOBOLISM | ALL THE CONTROLLED, ENZYME-MEDIATED CHEMICAL REACTIONS BY WHICH CELLS ACQUIRE AND USE ENERGY TO SYNTHESIZE, STORE, DEGRADE AND ELIMINATED SUBSTANCES IN WAYS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO GROWTH, SURVIVAL AND REPRODUCTION. |
| MODEL | THEORETICAL, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OR ANALOGY THAT HELPS PEOPLE VISUALIZE SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN DIRECTLY OBSERVED. |
| MULTI-CELLED ORGANISMS | ORGANISM COMPOSED OF MANY CELLS WITH COORDINATED METABOLIC ACTIVITY; MOST SHOW EXTENSIVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION INTO TISSUES, ORGANS AND ORGAN SYSTEM. |
| MUTATION | HERITABLE CHANGE IN THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF DNA |
| NATURAL SELECTION | MICROEVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; THE OUTCOME OF DIFFERENCES IN SURVIVAL & REPRODUCTION AMONG INDIV THAT VARY IN DETAILS OF HERITABLE TRAITS OVR GENERATIONS. TYPICALLY LEADS TO INCREASED FITNESS. |
| PLANTAE | KINGDOM OF PLANTS |
| POPULATION | ALL INDIVIDUALS OF THE SAME SPECIES OCCUPYING THE SAME AREA. |
| PREDICTION | STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD OBSERVE IN NATURE IF YOU WERE TO GO LOOKING FOR A PARTICULAR PHENOMENON; THE IF- THEN |
| PRODUCER | AUTOTROPH; IT NOURISHES ITSELF USING SOURCES OF ENERGY AND CARBON FROM ITS PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT. |
| PROTISTA | KINGDOM OF PROTISTANS. EXAMPLE: SLIM MOLDS |
| RECEPTOR | SENSORY CELL OR SPECIALIZED CELL ADJACENT TO IT THAT CAN DETECT A STIMULUS. |
| REPRODUCTION | ANY PROCESS BY WHICH A PARENTAL CELL OR ORGANISM PRODUCES OFF SPRING. |
| SPECIES | ONE KIND OF ORGANISM OF SEXUALLY REPRODUCING ORGANISMS ONE OR MORE NATURAL POPULATIONS IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS ARE INTERBREEDING AND REPRODUCTIVELY ISOLATED FROM OTHER SUCH GROUPS. |
| STIMULUS | A SPECIFIC FORM OF ENERGY THAT ACTIVATES A SENSORY RECEPTOR ABLE TO DETECT IT. |
| SCIENTIFIC THEORY | A TESTABLE EXPLANATION OF A BROAD RANGE OF RELATED PHENOMENA, ONE THAT HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO EXTENSIVE EXPERIMENTAL TESTING AND CAN BE USED WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE. |
| SCIENTIFIC TEST | MAKING SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATIONS, BUILDING MODELS AND CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS. |
| VARIABLES | SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF OBJECTS OR EVENTS THAT MAY DIFFER OR CHANGE OVER TIME. |
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