BISC 101 EXAM PREP QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
biology
the scientific study of life
how we define life
order,response to stimuli, reproduction,adaptation,growth, development, regulation, homeostasis,
energy processing
molecule
phospholipid comprised of many atoms
organelle
structures that perform specific functions within the cell
cells
human blood cells
created the first formal catergorization of life
Carl Linnaeus
Three domains of life
Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
science
, a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations
and predictions about the universe
Thomas Kuhn
normal and revolutionary science
Nassim
antifragility
Paul Feyerabend
anything goes
Karl Popper
falsification
inductive reasoning
uses related observations to arrive at a general conclusion
deductive reasoning
uses a general principle or law to forecast specific results
reductionism
the reduction of complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to study
systems biology
explores emergent properties by complementing reducitonism with the analysis of the interaction
of parts within a biological system
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
biology
the scientific study of life
how we define life
order,response to stimuli, reproduction,adaptation,growth, development, regulation, homeostasis,
energy processing
molecule
phospholipid comprised of many atoms
organelle
structures that perform specific functions within the cell
cells
human blood cells
created the first formal catergorization of life
Carl Linnaeus
Three domains of life
Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
science
, a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations
and predictions about the universe
Thomas Kuhn
normal and revolutionary science
Nassim
antifragility
Paul Feyerabend
anything goes
Karl Popper
falsification
inductive reasoning
uses related observations to arrive at a general conclusion
deductive reasoning
uses a general principle or law to forecast specific results
reductionism
the reduction of complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to study
systems biology
explores emergent properties by complementing reducitonism with the analysis of the interaction
of parts within a biological system