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APSM Biology Quiz 2*
APSM CA Biology Quiz 2 1.3-1.4 alt version
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Growth | irreversible increase of an organism’s size over a given period |
| Homeostasis | tendency not to stray from the range of favorable or ideal internal conditions |
| Materialism | view that life is just a lot reactions and physical interactions of energy transfer |
| metabolism | Chemical reactions going on inside a body |
| reproduction | Producing a new organism similar to itself |
| response | the way living organisms react to changes in their surroundings (ex. temperature, light, humidity, etc) |
| senescence | phase when growth stops |
| vitalism | view that science can’t answer “what is life?” because life is supernatural, and when supernatural is ruled out, there is no answer. |
| Anatomy | concerned with structures of organisms |
| Biochemistry | chemical structure of things inside cells and how cells metabolize. |
| Biogeography | concerned with why organisms live where they do |
| Biotechnology | how to improve organisms |
| botany | study of plants |
| cell biology | concerned with structure and function of cells |
| cell theory | idea that all living things are composed of living units called cells, cells only come from preexisting cells |
| classification | putting things into groups; organizing the diversity of living things |
| comparative anatomy | concerned with the anatomy of different organisms, and comparing them to identify homology |
| constancy of reproduction | stability and reliability of the reproductive processes in organisms. |
| Doctrine of Humors | sickness caused if the 4 humors were out of balance |
| ecology | study of the interactions of organisms with the other organisms in their environment and with their physical environment. |
| environmental science | how to manage our planet |
| Genetics | study of the units of inheritance. |
| germ theory | germs cause illness |
| Microbiology | study of very small organisms |
| Physiology | Study of how things work or function |
| Systematics | how organisms are related |
| systems biology | how cells work |
| The New Philosophy | don’t take anyone’s word for it; check stuff out for yourself. |
| Theory of Evolution | processes similar to those at work in microevolution can, over eons of time, transform an organism into a completely different kind of organism |
| Zoology | Study of animals |
| Aristotle | Father of Biology |
| Pierre Belon | introduced idea of correspondence of human and bird skeletons. |
| Charles Darwin | geologist, & biologist; formulated evolutionary theory |
| Claudius Galen | Doctor wrote medical textbooks used for a thousand years |
| Konrad Gesner | published catalog of animals |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | using similarities he made predictions about anatomy |
| William Harvey | demonstrated blood circulation |
| Robert Hooke | one of the first to investigate living things on a microscopic scale, named cells |
| Antonie van Leeuvenhoek | father of microbiology, pioneer in microscopy |
| Carolus Linnaeus | master cataloger who established use of two Latin names for official name of organisms. |
| Gregor Mendel | discovered genetic inheritance factors |
| Sir Richard Owen | developed idea of archetypes |
| Louis Pasteur | discovered microorganisms, pasteurization, and vaccination, disproved spontaneous generation |
| Francesco Redi | founder of experimental biology, father of modern parasitology, challenger of spontaneous generation |
| Guillaume Rondelet | published catalog of marine animals |
| Matthias Schleiden | botanist, co-founder of cell theory |
| Theodor Schwann | physiologist, co-founder of cell theory |
| Edward Tyson | founder of modern comparative anatomy - dissected a chimpanzee noting close similarity to human body |
| Andreas Vesalius | questioned Galen, dissected corpses for himself; founder of modern human anatomy |