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Chapter 1 Bio

Chapter 1 Bio Exam prep

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Describe the characteristics of living systems and how they are organized Cellular organization -> Metabolism-> Homeostasis-> Growth and development-> Reproduction-> Reaction to stimuli-> Adaptation or Evaluation-> Information Storage and Transfer.
List approaches scientists use to understand how they are organized Reductionism, Systems Biology, Comparative Approach, Experimental approach, Observational Approach,
Describe how Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is a good example of how a scientist develops a hypothesis and how scientific theory grows and wins acceptance By evaluating the same animals but in different climbers from around the world, Darwin noticed that they tended to have different rent feathers to be more advantageous to there environment and food.
What is Hierarchical Organization Ranking things in smallest to largest, strongest to smallest.
What is Deductive reasoning (Give and example) General principles to come to a conclusion - EX: All living things are made of cells. Dog is a living thing. Therefore, a dog is made of cells.
What is inductive reasoning (Give and example) Specific observations to come to a conclusion - EX: The sun rose in the east today, it did so yesterday, and all the days before then. Therefore, it will rise in the east tomorrow.
Reductionism (Give an example) Breaks complex systems into smaller parts to study them in detail - EX: Studying DNA to understand how genes control traits.
What is a Theory A well tested, widely excepted explanation for a broad range of results - EX: Theory of evolution, explained how species change over time based off of examining the species that have changed.
What is a Hypothesis A proposed explanation for a specific question - EX: If plants receive more sunlight they will grow taller.
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