Biology 1406 Final Exam Study Guide Graded A 2024

What are the properties of life? Order-Reproduction-Regulation(Homeostasis)-Energy Processing(Cell Respiration)-Growth & Development-Response to Environment-Evolutionary Adaptation Ostrich Eggs Run Home Rapidly At Dawn What are the levels of biological organization? Biosphere-Ecosystem-Community-Population-Organism-Organ System-Organ-Tissue-Cell-Organelles-Molecule-Atom What is systems biology? is an approach that attempts to model the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems based on a study of the interactions among the system's parts. How do we classify organisms? taxonomy What are the main differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells? Eukaryotic - membrane bound organelles, DNA in the nucleus Prokaryotic - no organelles, DNA everywhere What domains are prokaryotic? Bacteria and Archae What is the difference between positive and negative feedback? negative feedback is when it slows down and positive feedback is when it speed up; exceeds the limit; amplifies. Example: The contractions are speeding up so its positive feed back. Slowing down contractions is negative feedback. What is a hypothesis? is a tentative answer to a well framed question What is a prediction The act of making an educated guess as to the outcome of a situation What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative data? Qualitative data( blue hair and brown eyes) Quantitative data( 180lbs. and 5ft. 9in.) What is the difference between catastrophism and uniformitarianism? Catastrophism is an idea that natural disasters can dramatically and quickly change the surface of the Earth.These natural disasters includes floods and earthquakes. Uniformitarianism is the idea that geological processes slowly changed how the surface of the Earth appears. These geological processes include erosion. Who were the individuals who believed in these topics? Cuvier (Catastrophism) James Hulton & Charles Lyell (Uniformitarianism) What must a population have in order to have natural selection? variation in the population What were the beliefs of Thomas Malthus? That disease, famine, and war was the inescapable consequence of the human population's potential to increase faster than food supplies and other resources. What is the difference between homologous and analogous? Analogous features share similar functions, but not common ancestry, while homologous features share common ancestry, but not necessarily similar functions. Examples of vestigial structures. Human appendix, sexual organs in dandelions, wisdom teeth, human tailbone, and body hair. In terms of vestigial structures, we as humans have one (the appendix). What is its role in the body and why could it be thought that maybe it is not a vestigial structure? It has no role in the body until your body is exposed to bad bacteria in which case it holds good bacteria. How do DNA sequence explain common ancestory? ... What was the name of the boat Darwin traveled on? The Beagle How does MRSA provide an example of evolution?