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what theme or themes are exemplified by (a) the sharp spines of porcupine b the cloning of a plant from a single cell and c a hummingbird using sugar to power flight   show
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show Emergent: The heart needs intact pieces to pump blood because other pieces alone will not fulfill it Environmental interactions: a mouse eaten by a predator, Energy transfer: grass turns sun energy into fuel, Structure function: wolf teeth eat prey,  
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How is mailing address analogous to biology's hierarchical taxonomic system   show
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explain why editing is an appropriate metaphor for how natural selection acts on a poplulations heritable variation   show
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show they were probably closer related in past species  
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show inductive reasoning gets generalizations from specifics, deductive predicts specific based on general premises  
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in the snake mimicry experiment, what is the variable?   show
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why is natural selection a theory   show
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suppose you extended the snake mimicry experiment to an area of Virginia where neither type of snake is known to live there? predict results   show
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show science wants to understand natural phenomena while technology involves application of scientific discoveries for a particular purpose to solve a problem  
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higher percentage of residents of africa than u.s africans have sickle cell gene and the gene may protect from malaria. Why in evolutionary terms do you believe this happens   show
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why is evolution considered the core theme of biology?   show
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how could natural selection have led to the evolution of adaptations such as thick, water conserving leaves of the mother of pearl plant on cover of this book?   show
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what are the roles of inductive and deductive *reasoning in the process of scientific inquiry*   show
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show more is learned because of different ideas that innovations can rise where culture can coexist  
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all organisms on campus make up?   show
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show nervous system, brain, nervous tissue, cell, organ  
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show poorly adapted individuals never reproduce  
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system biology is mainly an attempt to   show
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show protists have a membrane bound nucleus, which bacterial cells lack  
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show the structure/ function of dna  
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show tests experimental and control groups in parallel  
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show hypotheses are narrower in scope, theories have broad explanatory powers  
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show fish swam zigzag  
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show if hypothesis is correct, expect certain test results  
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