Biology Basics

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Characteristics of Life

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Cells, Replication, Evolution, Information, Energy

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Three Theories of Biology

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The Cell Theory, The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection, The Chromosome Theory of Inheritance

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Scientific Method Steps

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Make observations, Develop a hypothesis, Determine predictions, Test the hypothesis, Assess support for the hypothesis

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The Cell Theory

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All organisms are made of cells. All cells come from preexisting cells.

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Robert Hooke

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Father of cell biology, discovered cells in a cork.

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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Made a more powerful microscope.

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Louis Pasteur

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Hypothesized cell theory.

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Common Ancestry

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All species are related by common ancestry. Characteristics can be modified from generation to generation.

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Evolution

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A change in the characteristics of a population over time.

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Population

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Group of individuals of the same species at the same time.