Evolution - correct answer ✔✔The process of change that has transformed life from its beginnings to the
astounding array of organisms today
Biology - correct answer ✔✔The scientific study of life
Emergent Properties - correct answer ✔✔New properties that arise with each step upward in the
hierarchy of lice, owing the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases
Reductionism - correct answer ✔✔The approach of reducing complex systems to simpler components
that are more manageable to study
Systems Biology - correct answer ✔✔An approach to studying biology that aims to model the dynamic
behavior of whole biological systems based on a study of the interactions among the system's parts
Cell - correct answer ✔✔The smallest unit of organization that can perform all required activities
Prokaryotic Cell - correct answer ✔✔A type of cell lacking a membrane-enclosed nucleus and
membrane-enclosed organelles
Eukaryotic Cell - correct answer ✔✔A type of cell with a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-
enclosed organelles
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) - correct answer ✔✔A nucleic acid molecule, usually a double-stranded
helix, in which each polynucleotide strand consists of nucleotide monomers with a deoxyribose sugar
and the nitrogenous base adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T); capable of being
replicated and determining the inherited structure of a cell's proteins
Gene - correct answer ✔✔A discrete unit of hereditary information consisting of a specific nucleotide
sequence in DNA
, Gene Expression - correct answer ✔✔The process by which information encoded in DNA directs the
synthesis of proteins or, in some cases, RNAs that are not translated into proteins and instead function as
RNAs
Bioinformatics - correct answer ✔✔The use of computers, software, and mathematical models to
process and integrate biological information from large data sets
Hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔A testable explanation for a set of observations based on the available
data and guided by inductive reasoning
Data - correct answer ✔✔Recorded observations
Qualitative - correct answer ✔✔In the form of recorded descriptions
Quantitative - correct answer ✔✔A type of information generally expressed as numerical measurements
and often organized into tables or graphs
Inductive Reasoning - correct answer ✔✔A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large
number of specific observations
Deductive Reasoning - correct answer ✔✔A type of logic in which specific results are predicted from a
general premise
Controlled Experiments - correct answer ✔✔An experiment in which an experimental group is compared
with a control group that varies only in the factor being tested
Theory - correct answer ✔✔An explanation that is broader in scope than a hypothesis, generates new
hypotheses, and is supported by a large body of evidence
Model - correct answer ✔✔A physical or conceptual representation of a natural phenomenon
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