BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE FREEMAN CHAPTER 1
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
1. Theory: An explanation for a general class of phenomena that is supported by a wide body of
evidence.
2. All Living Organisms...: 1. Cells (membrane-bound)
2. Replication (can reproduce)
3. Evolution (populations are continually evolving)
4. Information (process hereditary information encoded in genes)
5. Energy (Acquire and use energy)
3. Hypothesis: A testable statement that explains a set of observations.
4. Prediction: A measurable or observable result of an
experiment based on a hypothesis.
5. Cell Theory: The theory that all organisms
are made of cells and that all cells come from
preexisting cells.
6. Cell: -a highly organized compartment
-bounded by a plasma membrane
-containing concentrated chemicals in an aqueous solution
7. Spontaneous Generation: Hypothesis stating that life could arise from nonliving matter.
8. Evolution: Change in a population's characteristics over time
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COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
9. Natural Selection: -how evolution occurs
1. Individuals must vary in characteristics that are heritable
2. Certain versions of heritable traits help individuals reproduce more than other versions
10. Heritable: Referring to traits that
can be passed from one generation to the next.
11. Population: A group of individuals of the
same species living in the same geographic area at the
same time.
12. Fitness: Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
13. Adaptation: Any heritable trait that increases the
fitness of an individual with that trait
14. Speciation: occurs when populations diverge to form new species
15. The tree of life: -all species come from preexisting species
-all species trace ancestry to a single common ancestor
16. Taxonomy: the ettort to name and classify organisms
17. Taxon: a named group of organisms
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COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
1. Theory: An explanation for a general class of phenomena that is supported by a wide body of
evidence.
2. All Living Organisms...: 1. Cells (membrane-bound)
2. Replication (can reproduce)
3. Evolution (populations are continually evolving)
4. Information (process hereditary information encoded in genes)
5. Energy (Acquire and use energy)
3. Hypothesis: A testable statement that explains a set of observations.
4. Prediction: A measurable or observable result of an
experiment based on a hypothesis.
5. Cell Theory: The theory that all organisms
are made of cells and that all cells come from
preexisting cells.
6. Cell: -a highly organized compartment
-bounded by a plasma membrane
-containing concentrated chemicals in an aqueous solution
7. Spontaneous Generation: Hypothesis stating that life could arise from nonliving matter.
8. Evolution: Change in a population's characteristics over time
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, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE FREEMAN CHAPTER 1
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
9. Natural Selection: -how evolution occurs
1. Individuals must vary in characteristics that are heritable
2. Certain versions of heritable traits help individuals reproduce more than other versions
10. Heritable: Referring to traits that
can be passed from one generation to the next.
11. Population: A group of individuals of the
same species living in the same geographic area at the
same time.
12. Fitness: Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
13. Adaptation: Any heritable trait that increases the
fitness of an individual with that trait
14. Speciation: occurs when populations diverge to form new species
15. The tree of life: -all species come from preexisting species
-all species trace ancestry to a single common ancestor
16. Taxonomy: the ettort to name and classify organisms
17. Taxon: a named group of organisms
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