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Mader 1
Terms from Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adaptation | Organism's modification in structure, function, or behavior suitable to the environment |
| Animal | Multicellular, heterotrophic eukaryote characterized by the presence of muscular and nervous tissue and undergoing development to achieve its final form |
| Binomial Nomenclature | Scientific name of an organism, the first part of which designates the genus and the second par of which designates the specific epithet |
| Biodiversity | Total number of species, the variability of their genes, and the communities in which they live |
| Biology | Scientific study of life |
| Biosphere | Zone of air, land, and water at the surface of the Earth in which living organisms are found |
| Cell | Smallest unit that displays the properties of life; composed of organelle-containing cytoplasm surrounded by a plasma membrane |
| Class | One of the categories or subgroups used by taxonomists to group species; class within a phylum or division |
| Community | Assemblage of species interacting with one another withing the same environment |
| Conclusion | Statement made following an experiment as to whether or not the results support the hypothesis |
| Control | Sample that goes through all the steps of an experiment but does not contain the variable being tested; a standard against which the results of an experiment are checked |
| Data | Facts or information collected through observation and/or experimentation |
| Deductive Reasoning | Process of logic and reasoning, using "if...then" statements |
| Domain | Largest of the categories, or taxa, used to group species; the three domains are Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya |
| Domain Archaea | One of the three domains of life; contains prokaryotic cells that often live in extreme habitats and have unique genetic, biochemical, and physiological characteristics; its members are sometimes referred to as archaea |
| Domain Bacteria | One of the three domains of life; contains prokaryotic cells that differ from archaea because they have their own unique genetic, biochemical, and physiological characteristics |
| Domain Eukarya | One of the three domains of life, consisting of organisms with eukaryotic cells; includes protists, fungi, plants, or animals |
| Ecosystem | Biological community together with the associated abiotic environment; characterized by a flow of energy and a cycling of inorganic nutrients |
| Emergent property | Quality that appears as biological complexity increases |
| Energy | Capacity to do work and bring about change; occurs in a variety of forms |
| Eukaryote | Type of cell that has a membrane-bounded nucleus and membranous organelles; found in organisms within the domain |
| Evolution | Descent of organisms from common ancestors with the development of genetic and phenotypic changes over time that make them more suited to the environment |
| Experiment | Artificial situation devised to test a hypothesis |
| Experimental Design | Methodology by which an experiment will seek to support a hypothesis |
| Experimental Variable | Factor of the experiment being tested |
| Extinction | Total disappearance of a species or higher group |
| Family | One of the categories, or taxa, used by taxonomist to group species; the taxon above the genus level |
| Fungi | Saprotrophic decomposer; the body is made up of filaments called hyphae that form a mass called a mycelium |
| Gene | Unit of heredity existing as alleles on the chomosomes; in diploid organisms, typically two alleles are inherited -- one from each parent |
| Genus | One of the categories, or taxa, used to group species; contains those species that are most closely related through evolution |
| Homeostasis | Maintenance of normal internal condition in a cell or an organism by means of self-regulating mechanisms |
| Hypothesis | Supposition established by reasoning after consideration of available evidence; it can be tested by obtaining more data, often by experimentation |
| Inductive Reasoning | Using specific observations and the process of logic and reasoning to arrive at a hypothesis |
| Kingdom | One of the categories, or taxa, used to group species; that taxon above phylum |
| Law | Principle |
| Metabolism | All of the chemical reaction that occur in a cell during growth and repair |
| Model | Simulation of a process that aids conceptual understanding until the process can be studied firsthand; a hypothesis that describes how a particular process could possible be carried out |
| Multicellular | Organism composed of many cells; usually has organized tissues, organs, and organ systems |
| Natural Selection | Mechanism of evolution caused by environmental selection of organisms most fit to reproduce; results in adaptation to the environment |
| Observation | Step in the scientific method by which data are collected before a conclusion is drawn |
| Order | One of the categories, or taxa, used to group species; above family |
| Organism | Individual living thing |
| Phenomenon | Observable event |
| Photosynthesis | Process occurring usually withing chloroplasts whereby clorophyll-containing organelle trap solar energy to reduce carbon dioxide to carboydrates |
| Phylum | One of the categories, or taxa, used to group species; above class |
| Plant | Multicellular, photosynthetic, eukaryotes that increasingly become adapted to live on land |
| Population | Group of organisms of the same species occupying a certain area and sharing a common gene pool |
| Prediction | Step of the scientific process that follows the formulation of a hypothesis and assists in creating the experimental design |
| Principle | Theory that is generally accepted by an overwhelming number of scientists; also called a law |
| Prokaryote | Organisms that lacks the membrane-bounded nucleus and membranous organelles typical of eukaryotes |
| Protist | Eukaryotic organism that is not a plant, fungus, or animal. Protists are generally a microsopic complex single cell; they evolved before other types of eukaryotes in the history of Earth |
| Reproduce | To produce a new individual of the same kind |
| Responding Variable | Result or change that occurs when an experimental variable is utilized in an experiment |
| Scientific Method | Process by which scientists formulate a hypothesis, gather data by observation and experimentation, and come to a conclusion |
| Scientific Theory | Concept supported by a broad range of observations, experiments, and data |
| Species | Group of similarly constructed organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring; organisms that share a common gene pool; the taxon at the lowest level of classification |
| Taxonomy | Branch of biology concerned with identifying, describing, and naming organisms |
| Unicellular | Made up of but a single cell, as in the bacteria |
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