emergent properties - ANS new properties that arise with each step upward in the hierarchy of
life
cell - ANS lowest level of structure that is capable of performing all activities of life
DNA - ANS the heritable material that direction the cells activities
gene - ANS unit of inheritance that transmits information form parent to offspring
chromosome - ANS cellular structure carrying genetic material
negative feedback - ANS (most common) accumulation of an end product of a process slows
the process to keep everything the same
positive feedback - ANS (promotes change) end product speeds up process
evolution - ANS organisms living on earth today are modified descendants of common
ancestors
cycling of nutrients and flow of energy form sunlight to producers to consumer - ANS
ecosystem dynamics include two major processes
science - ANS process of discovery by studying the world around us
discovery science and hypothesis based - ANS two types of inquiry
inductive reasoning - ANS using specific observation to form general principle
discovery science - ANS which inquiry has no experimentation involved?
hypothesis - ANS tentative anser to a well framed question--testable, falsifiable and can be
eliminated but not confirmed
deductive reasoning - ANS general premises to make specific predictions
observation study - ANS experiment that observes ppl, its ethical and rely on subject to follow
all rules
scientific theory - ANS much broader in scope than a hypothesis
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