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General biology chapter 1-6 vocabulary
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- BSC 1010C
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- Valencia College
Vocabulary explaining everything covered from chapter 1 to chapter 6.
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Vocabulary 1● Biology
○ The study of life
○ Biology is one of the most interesting study
● Unifying Themes of Life
○ Organization
○ Information
○ Energy and Matter-> Energy process
○ Interactions
○ Evolution
● Scientific Method
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● Biosphere
○ All the area of the Earth that is inhabited by life.
● Ecosystem
○ All life on Earth and all places where life exist
● Community
○ All organisms that inhabit a particular area; different species living together.
● Population
○ All specific living within a specified area
● Organism
○ Individual living organism
● Organs
○ Body parts made up of multiple tissues
● Tissues
○ A group of cells with a common structure, function, or both.
● Cells
○ Basic unit of life that forms an organism. Fundamental unit of structure and
function.
● Organelles
○ The various functional components present in cells
● Molecules
○ A chemical structure consisted of two or more units of atoms
● Emergent Properties
○ The outcome of the smaller parts put together to form something bigger.
● Systems Biology
○ A way of studying biology by understanding the bigger picture at all levels.
● Structure and Function
○ The structure of an organism is dependent on its function and function is
dependent on the structure of it.
● Eukaryotic Cells/ Organisms
○ All living organisms. More complex
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