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?

    <p>Encoding hereditary information</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

    According to structural linguistics, how is language conceived?

    <p>As a self-contained and self-regulating semiotic system</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Units syntactically and lexically, respectively</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Social structures and the organs of an organism</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Semiology</p> 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?

    <p>Historical sociology</p> Signup and view all the answers

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