TAMS, Dr. Burleson, Biology, Ch. 1
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- What are the properties of life?
- 1.Cellular Organization, 2.Order, 3.Sensitivity, 4.Growth, Development, and reproduction, 5.Energy Utilization, 6.Evolutionary Adaptaion, 7.Homeostasis
- What is the organization hierarchy of life?
- Cellular level, Organismal Level, Populational Level.
- What are emergent properties?
- Properties that appear as you rise in the life hierarchy that cannot be predicted from information about lower levels.
- What is the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning?
- Deductive applies general rules, inductive creates general rules from given data.
- What is a hypothesis? How is it tested?
- A proposed explanation for an observation. An experiment.
- In science, what does "theory" mean?
- A solid explanation for several observations supported by reasoning and evidence.
- What is basic research? Applied research?
- Basic research aims at expanding knowledge. Applied research aims at using that knowledge in some useful way.
- How are conclusions drawn from an experiment further tested before they are published in a scientific journal?
- Peer Review.
- What is the theory of evolution and who was it proposed by?
- The theory that organisms change over time to better suit their environment. It was proposed by Darwin.
- What ship did Charles Darwin sail on? What was the name of his book?
- The HMS Beagle. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection [...]
- What animals contributed a great deal of evidence for Darwin's theory of evolution?
- The Galapagos Finches.
- Who's Essay on the Principle of Population also contributed to Darwin's theory?
- Thomas Malthus.
- What is the driving force behind evolution at a breeder's? In the wild?
- Artificial selection. Natural selection.
- Who developed the same theory as Darwin at nearly the same time?
- Russel Wallace.
- What modern evidence has supported Darwin's theory?
- The fossil record, the age of the earth, the mechanism of heredity, comparative anatomy, and molecular evidence.
- What are homologous and analagous structures?
- Homologous structures have the same evolutionary origin, but different current function. Analagous structures have different origins, but similar current functions.
- What does the cytochrome c gene have to do with molecular clocks?
- It is the gene that evolves at a relatively constant rate that makes molecular clocks possible.
- What is a phylogenetic tree?
- A chart that shows the evolutionary history of a gene.
- What are the four unifying themes of biology?
- Cell Theory, Molecular Basis of Inheritance, Evolutionary Change, and Evolutionary Conservation
- Who made these flashcards?
- Robert Fromm