Biology: Unifying Themes and Concepts

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What is the unifying theme that explains the unity and diversity of life?

Energy processing

Genetic mutation

Cellular respiration

Evolution (correct)

Which level of organization in biology involves studying the molecular biology of a cell?

Genetic taxonomy

Ecosystem dynamics

Population ecology

Cellular physiology (correct)

What is the primary purpose of the scientific method in biology?

To form conclusions based on evidence (correct)

To prove pre-existing beliefs

To make observations without questions

To generate hypotheses without evidence

What is the main role of genes in organisms?

Encoding hereditary information Signup and view all the answers

What is the fundamental element that all organisms are made up of?

Cells Signup and view all the answers

According to structural linguistics, how is language conceived?

As a self-contained and self-regulating semiotic system Signup and view all the answers

What are Saussure's key methods of syntagmatic and paradigmatic analysis used to define in structural linguistics?

Units syntactically and lexically, respectively Signup and view all the answers

What did Émile Durkheim's modification of Herbert Spencer's organic analogy draw a parallel between?

Social structures and the organs of an organism Signup and view all the answers

What term did Saussure use for the approach that is now referred to as structuralism?

Semiology Signup and view all the answers

In which field were similar analogies and metaphors used in the historical-comparative linguistics that Saussure was part of?

Historical sociology Signup and view all the answers

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What is the unifying theme that explains the unity and diversity of life?

Which level of organization in biology involves studying the molecular biology of a cell?

What is the primary purpose of the scientific method in biology?

What is the main role of genes in organisms?

What is the fundamental element that all organisms are made up of?

According to structural linguistics, how is language conceived?

What are Saussure's key methods of syntagmatic and paradigmatic analysis used to define in structural linguistics?

What did Émile Durkheim's modification of Herbert Spencer's organic analogy draw a parallel between?

What term did Saussure use for the approach that is now referred to as structuralism?

In which field were similar analogies and metaphors used in the historical-comparative linguistics that Saussure was part of?

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