Biology Chapters 1-5

Chapters 1-5 vocabulary, book notes, and quiz and test questions

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What are the properties or processes associated with living things
Evolutionary adaptions, energy processing, responding to the environment, and growth and reproduction
What is the hierarchy biological organization from least to most complex level
Molecule, cell, organ system, populatin, ecosytem, biosphere
Study of life
Biology
For most ecosystems_____ are the ultimate source of energy, and energy leaves the ecosystem in the form _____
Sunlight, heat
What is the lowest level of biological organization that can perform all the activities required for life
Cell
What provides evidence of the common ancestry of all life
Universality of genetic code
What is a hypothesis
Tentative explanation that can be tested and is falsifiable
Why is the control group important
The control group provides a basis for comparison, pertaining to the variable being tested
What is the difference between hypothesis and theories
Hypothesis usually are relatively narrow in scope, theories havebroad explanatory power
What four elements make up approximately 96% of living matter
Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen