Biology Chapter 1 Flashcards

The scientific study of life.

All of the environments on Earth that support life.

<p>An environment that consists of all the organisms living in a particular area, along with physical components like air, soil, water, and sunlight.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The entire array of organisms in an ecosystem.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All the individuals of a particular species living in an area.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An individual living thing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A system that consists of several organs cooperating in a specific function.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The fundamental unit of life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A membrane-enclosed structure that performs a specific function in a cell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A cluster of small chemical units called atoms held together by chemical bonds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>cell</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of cell lacking a membrane-enclosed nucleus and other membrane-enclosed organelles; found only in bacteria and archaea.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of cell that has a membrane-enclosed nucleus and other membrane-enclosed organelles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Descent with modification; living species are descendants of ancestral species that were different from present-day ones.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process in which individuals with certain inherited traits are more likely to survive and reproduce.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A testable explanation for a set of observations based on the available data.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of logic in which specific results are predicted from a general premise.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A widely accepted explanatory idea that is broader in scope than a hypothesis and is supported by a large body of evidence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An experiment comparing an experimental group with a control group that varies only in the factor being tested.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>New properties that arise with each step upward in the hierarchy of life.</p> Signup and view all the answers