BSC 1010 Exam One (A+ GRADED)

Evolution correct answers The process of change that has transformed life from its beginnings to the astounding array of organisms today Biology correct answers The scientific study of life Emergent Properties correct answers New properties that arise with each step upward in the hierarchy of lice, owing the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases Reductionism correct answers The approach of reducing complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to study Systems Biology correct answers An approach to studying biology that aims to model the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems based on a study of the interactions among the system's parts Cell correct answers The smallest unit of organization that can perform all required activities Prokaryotic Cell correct answers A type of cell lacking a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles Eukaryotic Cell correct answers A type of cell with a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) correct answers A nucleic acid molecule, usually a double-stranded helix, in which each polynucleotide strand consists of nucleotide monomers with a deoxyribose sugar and the nitrogenous base adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T); capable of being replicated and determining the inherited structure of a cell's proteins Gene correct answers A discrete unit of hereditary information consisting of a specific nucleotide sequence in DNA Gene Expression correct answers The process by which information encoded in DNA directs the synthesis of proteins or, in some cases, RNAs that are not translated into proteins and instead function as RNAs Bioinformatics correct answers The use of computers, software, and mathematical models to process and integrate biological information from large data sets Hypothesis correct answers A testable explanation for a set of observations based on the available data and guided by inductive reasoning Data correct answers Recorded observations Qualitative correct answers In the form of recorded descriptions