Biologytwo

Final semeste r review

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List the hierarchical order of life from most complex to least
Biosphere,ecosystem, community, population, organism, organ system, organ, tissues,cell, organells,molecule,atoms
What is the ultimate source of energy in nearly all ecosystems?
The sun
What are the characteristics of a prokaryotic cell?
Lack nucleus
Describe the structure of animal cells
Regulate internal enviroment,use energy, divide to form new cells
Describe the domain eukarya
Unicellular and multicellular, eukaryotes, including protists, plants, animals, fungi
Describe the characteristics of organisms in the kingdom plantae and fungi
Have plants, eukaryotic, multicellular
What is hypothesis
If... then
What is a control experiment
Something you dont change
What are the ppropertis of life
Dna, regulation, growth and development, energy use, respond to enviroment, reproduction, evoulution
What is the ultimate cause of differences in organisms
Natural selection
Describe the characteristics of organisms in the domain bacteria
Unicellular, prokaryotes
Describe darwin's views on natural selection
Survival of the fittest, those best suted to enviroment survive
What are the causes of evolution
Natural selection , genetic drift, mutation, non random mating
Is evolution an active or passive process
ACTIVE
What is technology
The practicalk application of scientific knowledge