Define the Following Biology of Evolution Flashcards

Chapters 1-6 Exam Review

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Which group includes the simplest of organisms that do not have a nucleus?
Archaea and Bacteria
Biologists study the diversity of life in many ways EXCEPT the observation of:
Religion
________________ is the process of the transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring.
Heredity
The process of using transforming energy is:
Metabolism
The property that is NOT common to all living things is:
Thought
All living things are able to maintain stable internal conditions, whether they are unicellular or complex, multicellular organisms. This property is called:
Homeostasis
In a multicellular organism, different tissues that function together are grouped into:
Organs
All the populations of a particular kind of organism are members of the same:
Species
The different populations of all the species in a given area make up a(n):
Community
Charles Darwin used _____ _____ to illustrate the mechanisms of natural selection.
Artificial selection
___________ is NOT an underlying theme of biology.
Creation
The ___________ of flowering plants and insects is responsible for much of the diversity of these groups.
Coevolution
Scientists employ _________ reasoning when performing the scientific process.
Inductive
After Joseph Farman discovered, in 1985, that an ozone hole was developing over Antartica, scientists measured levels of chemicals in the upper atmosphere. They found a surprising concentration of ozone-destroying:
Chlorine
The proper order for the scientific process is:
Observation - hypothesis - predictions - experiment