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A living thing is a ______ entity that aquires ______ from its surroundings and is capable of _______ , _________ and _________ with its enviornment
- Cellular
- Energy
- Reproducing
- Evolving
- Interacting
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The _____ is the lowest level in the hierarchy of biological organization that can perform _____ of the activities required for life
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2 fundamental theories in biology
- Evolutionary theory
- Cell theory
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5 characteristics of all living things
- 1. energy acquisition and use
- 2. made of cell
- 3. process hereditary or genetic information
- 4. replication
- 5. evolution
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Common properties of living things
- Order
- Energy Utilization
- Homeostasis
- Response to environment
- Evolutionary adaptation
- Reproduction
- Growth and Development
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Evolutionary theory explains both
the unity and diversity of life
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In 1858, Darwin and Wallace proposed ....
that all species are related by descent from a common ancestor
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When does Natural Selection occur
when individuals in a population have an advantage in their environment due to a certain heritable trait that allows them to survive better and pass their characteristics to their offspring
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Genetic changes occur ________
spontaneously
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The Tree of Life
maps the relationship between all living things. The cell theory and the theory of evolution by natrual selection imply that all species are descended from a spingle common ancestor at the root of a family tree of all organisms
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Sub-domains of Eukarya
- Protists
- Plants
- Fungi
- Animals
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Organisms can be unicellular or multicellular. Archaea are _____, almost all bacterua are _______
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__________ cells have a membrane-bound nucleus and __________ cells do not have a membrane-bound nucleus
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Prokaryotes include .....
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Eukarya include ....
Protists, several groups of unicellular eukaryotes
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