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BIO 181 Study Guide test 1What is biology? - correct answer the study of life: poses questions about the living world and seeks answers through scientific inquiry What are the characteristics of life? - correct answer order, energy processing, regulation, reproduction, growth and development, and the ability to respond to the environment What are the functional areas of biology? - correct answer cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere What are the major themes of biology? - correct answer new properties emerge at successive levels of biological organization; structure determines function; the cell is the basic structure of life; evolution What are emergent properties? - correct answer properties that become clear as you move to higher levels of organization What is reductionism? - correct answer studying one variable very well to understand the bigger picture What is systems biology? - correct answer studying the system as a whole to be able to understand the smaller picture How does evolution account for the diversity and similarity of life? - correct answer similar traits suggest a common ancestor whereas differences suggest heritable changes that happened along the way What is the scientific method? - correct answer a method for investigation natural phenomena What is inductive reasoning? - correct answer general conclusion made on evidence from a small group that is then applied to a larger idea