AP Biology Chapter 1 Study Guide with Complete Solutions

AP Biology Chapter 1 Study Guide with Complete Solutions archaea - Answer️️ -one of two prokaryotic domains, the other being bacteria bacteria - Answer️️ -one of two prokaryotic domains, the other being archaea bioinformatics - Answer️️ -the use of comps, software, and mathematical models to process and integrate biological info from large data sets biology - Answer️️ -the scientific study of life biosphere - Answer️️ -the entire portion of earth inhabited by life; the sum of all the planter's ecosystems cell - Answer️️ -the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life community - Answer️️ -all the organisms that inhabit a particular area; an assemblage of populations of different species living close enuf together for potential interactions consumer - Answer️️ -relies upon the feeding of other organisms for survival controlled experiment - Answer️️ -an experiment in which an experimental group is compared with a control group that caries only in the factor being tested data - Answer️️ -recorded observations deductive reasoning - Answer️️ -a type of logic in which specific results are predicted from a general premise ©SOPHIABENNETT EXAM SOLUTIONS_2024/2025 Tuesday, September 3, 2024 10:30 AM Page | 2 DNA - Answer️️ -a double-streanded, helical nuvleic acid molecule consisting of nucleotide monomers w a deoxrubose sugar and the nitrogenous bases A, C, G, T capable of replicating and determining the ingerited structure of a cell's proteins discovery science - Answer️️ -the process of scientific inquiry that focuses on describing nature domain - Answer️️ -a taxonomic caregory above the kingdom level eukarya - Answer️️ -the domain that includes all eukaryotic organisms ecosystems - Answer️️ -all the organisms in a given area as well as the abiotic factors with which they intereact; one or more communities and the phusical environment around them. emergent properties - Answer️️ -new properties that arise w each step upward in the heratchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexitly of life increases eukaryotic cell - Answer️️ -a type of cell w a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles. gene - Answer️️ -a discrete unit of hereditary info cons