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Class: BIOL 1107 - Principles of Biology I; Subject: Biology; University: College of Coastal Georgia; Term: Fall 2011;
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DEFINITION 2 -Cell, Organism, Population, Ecosystem, Biosphere TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 Deductive reasoning- applies general principals to predict specific results TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 Uses specific observations to construct general scientific results TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 scientific method- Ask a question, Research, Hypothesise, Experiment, Analyze, Draw a conclusion, Report
hypothesis- a proposed explanation for a phenomenon TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 summarizes a hypothesis or group of hypotheses that have been supported with repeated testing TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 -A scientist who observed differences in related organisms-He proposed natural selection as a mechanism for evolution TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 The process of life forms adapting to their environmental pressures who go on to produce greater numbers of their kind (survival of the fittest) TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 cells are the basic unit of life, the structure of molecules, macromolecular complexes,cells and even higher levels of organization are related to their functions
-covalent bonds tend to fill each electron energy level TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 -polar covalent bond-electrons are shared unequally, one atom is slightly negative, one slightly positive-a covalent bond that shares equal number of electrons TERM 18
DEFINITION 18 -Temperature, Concentration or reactants and products, and catalysts TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 -Cohesive- allows water molecules to be attracted to eachother-adhesive- attraction for other polar substances-Cohesion only involves attraction to the same substances TERM 20
DEFINITION 20 High: specific heat, heat of vaporization, Solid is less dense than liquid, polar molecules are soluble in water, water tends to exclude non polar molecules
-acids- Any substance that dissociates in water to increase the [H+]-bases- A substance that combines with [H+] to when dissolved in water-buffer- a substance that resists changes in pH TERM 22
DEFINITION 22 pH= -log [H+] TERM 23
DEFINITION 23 carbohydrates, nucleic acids, proteins, lipids TERM 24
DEFINITION 24 -dehydration- the removal of water to make a larger molecule-hydrolysis- add water to breakdown molecules TERM 25
DEFINITION 25 -monosaccharides- Glucose-disaccharides- Sucrose- polysaccharides- Cellulose, chitin