Chapter
Objectives
- to describe
the underlying unity in the living world
- to distinguish
living from non-living
- to list
and describe the basic characteristics of living creatures
- to list
the levels of biological organization
- to recognize
the immense diversity of the living world and the need for classification
schemes
- to develop
an evolutionary view of diversity
- to list
the component concepts of the process of natural selection
- to describe
the parts of scientific methods
- to differentiate
among fact, observation, hypothesis, theory, and law
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Chapter
Questions
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review and self-quiz questions
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ONE of the Critical Thinking questions
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Chapter
1 Terms:
adaptive
trait |
DNA
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multicelled
organism |
species
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aerobic
respiration
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energy
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mutation
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theory
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animal
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evolution
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natural
selection |
variable
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ATP
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experiment
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photosynthesis
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fact |
biosphere
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ecosystem
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plant
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law |
cell
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fungus
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population
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observation |
community |
genus
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prediction
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assmption |
consumer
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homeostasis
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producer
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control
group |
metabolism |
receptor
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decomposer |
moneran |
reproduction
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