AP Biology Chapter 1 & 2 Flashcards

Order, growth & development, reproduction, evolutionary adaptation, regulation, response to environment, energy processing

Biosphere, Ecosystem, Communities, Population, Organisms, Organs, Tissues, Cells, Organelles, Molecules

<p>The scientific study of life</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Levels of organization that are due to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To construct models for the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A cell subdivided by internal membranes into various membrane-enclosed organelles</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A cell where the DNA is not separated from the rest of the cell by enclosure in a membrane-bounded nucleus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Deoxyribonucleic acid</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Units of inheritance that transmit information from parents to offspring</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The entire 'library' of genetic instructions that an organism inherits</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of regulation that speeds up a process</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of regulation that slows down a process</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A search for information and explanation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Describes natural structures and processes as accurately as possible through careful observation and analysis of data</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Recorded observations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Type of logic that derives generalizations from a large number of specific observations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A tentative answer to a well-framed question</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Type of logic that flows from general to specific</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Designed to compare an experimental group with a control group</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Much broader in scope than a hypothesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Can take many forms, including diagrams</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Generally applies scientific knowledge for some specific purpose</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A substance that cannot be broken down to other substances by chemical reactions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Substance consisting of two or more different elements combined in a fixed ratio</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Those required by an organism in only minute quantities</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Kinds of particles</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Protons and neutrons packed together in an intense core</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unit of measurement</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Written as a subscript to the left of the symbol for the element</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sum of protons plus neutrons in the nucleus of an atom</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Total mass of an atom</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One in which the nucleus decays spontaneously, giving off particles and energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Defined as the capacity to cause change, by doing work</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The energy that matter possesses because of its location or structure</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Outer electrons</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Outermost electron shell</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Where an electron is located</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sharing of a pair of valence electrons by two atoms</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds constitute this</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Line representing a single covalent bond</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Both atoms and bonding</p> Signup and view all the answers