Bio 100 Exam 1 Study GUIDE 2024 QUIZZES AND ANSWERS TOP-RATED

atom - the smallest particle to which matter can be broken down molecule - substance formed by the chemical bonding of two or more atoms cell - the functional unit of life; all living things are composed of them; the smallest living unit of an organism tissue - a group of cells organized to perform a common function organ - a number of tissues organized to perform a common function population - a single species living in a given area community - all of the organisms representing many different species that live in the same general area ecosystem - all of the living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) components in a certain area that interact with one another niche - an organism's "profession" or what it does in order to survive abiogenesis - theory that living things come from non-living substances cell theory - theory that all living things are made up of cells van Helmont - scientist who derived a "recipe" for making mice Hooke - the first scientist to see cells Pasteur - scientist who ultimately dispelled the theory of abiogenesis Redi - using the scientific method, he reasoned that the abiogenesis theory of life was incorrect; father of the scientific method Schleiden and Schwann - scientists who proposed the cell theory induction - reasoning from a set of specific observations to reach a general conclusion deduction - reasoning that involves drawing specific results from general premises; "if...then" reasoning hypothetico-deductive - reasoning that uses a hypothesis and experimentation to reach specific conclusions element - matter composed of by only one type of atom; cannot be broken down to other substances by chemical means