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| 7 characteristics of life |
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1.made of cells-basic unit of life
2.can reproduce-without host
3.contains dna as genetic material-contols happenings in cells
4.utilize energy/metabolism-create new molecules and use energy
5.ability to respond to stimuli-react to surroundings and other organisims
6.ability to adapt-cope with surroudings
7.maintain homeostasis-ability to maintain internal environment ie temp,ph |
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| receives some kind of teatment or condition |
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| recieves no teatment used to compare with |
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| factor you change what you do to your exp group |
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| what happens as a result of that treatment what are you measuring |
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the special field of biology in which scientists classify organisms
classification-grouping and naming all living organisms based on similarity of characteristics |
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| evolotionary relationships between organisms showing a lineage and common ancestor and using dna based evidence |
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kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species |
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| prokarya (bacteria, archaea) eukarya |
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smaller in size
no membrane-bound nucleus
very few organelles
true bacteria and extermophiles |
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larger in size
membrane-bound nucleus
many organelles
protista, fungi, plantae,animalia |
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cell stucture:
-eukaryotic or prokaryotic
-unicellular or multicellular
method of nutrition:
-autotrophic of heteotrophic |
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| both animal and plant characteristics |
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autotrophic
cell wall
no locomotion |
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heterotrophic
cell wall
no locomotion |
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heterotrophic
no cell wall
locomotion |
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anatomy
symmetry of body plan:radial or bilateral
internal anatomy:chordate-backbone or cartilage structure
vertabrates:with backbone structrue or invertebrates:without backbone structure |
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| bacteria, archae-bacteria, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia |
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| fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds |
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| what is class level based on |
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| binomial nomenclature refers to naming useing which two levels of classification? |
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| studyof the interactions between different organisms |
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| same individual species that live and interact in some area |
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different populations interacting with eachother in some area
-food chains
-competition
-symbiosis or living together |
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| interactions between living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) factors |
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| regions that share the same organisums and climate |
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| water cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle |
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non-living:
rocks
water
sunlight
air
soil
temp |
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living things:
animals
plants
microbes |
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cycle nutrients
producers
consumers
detritivores |
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synthesize own food and produce oxygen
multicellular plants
unicellular protists
autotrophs
use 1% of suns energy |
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can't synthisize own food. rely on authtrophs for energy
-unicellular protists
-mutlticellular animals
-herbivores
-carnivores
-omnivores
heterotrophs
use 10% energy of level below |
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breakdown dead autotrophs and heterotrophs
-unicellular bacteria
-multicellular fungi |
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| importance of biodiversity |
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for food web-more chocies for food
increases the sustainability and stability of an environment-more diversity if something happens to an organism then community can still continue to function |
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| different types of species present in an area |
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| different number of species and how many of each type you have |
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| what 6 factors affect size of population |
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-birth rates vs death rates
birth=death, stable
birth>death, growth
birth<death, decline
-immigration vs emigration
-generation time
time required to reach reproductive age
-survivorship
% surviving to reproduce
-carrying capacity
the max number of indiviuduals that can be supported by a specific area
-predator-prey |
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max # of individuals that can be supported by a specific area
factors:resourses
-water
-food
-shelter
-climate |
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| prereproductive and reproductive groups slightly higher in numbers, population grow slightly in size in 10 years |
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| all three reproductive groups will have similar numbers, population will remain smae in next 10 years |
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| prereproductive group is much larger in size than other, population will boom in next 10 years |
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| post reproductive group larger than other groups, population will decline in 10 years |
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competion
predator/prey
symbiosis |
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| species that is vital to community in order to keep other populations in check |
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| what is symbiosis and what are the three types |
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interaction of organisms that have have become permanent
mutualism-both organisms benift
commensalism-one organism benifits other is not affected
parasitism-one organism benifits the other does not |
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use similar resources
cannot co-exist |
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utilizing slightly different resources
can co-exist |
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| the entire arwa that can be used to inhabit |
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| the actual area that is then inhabited |
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