Characteristics of Life Notes

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.  _____________________ is an organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world.

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Observations usually involve the ​

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senses

scientists

interpretation

eyes

microscope

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Give an example of quantitative data.

• Temperature in degrees Celsius.

• Weight of an object in kilograms.

• Height of a person in centimeters

• Number of students in a classroom.

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Is the color of a flower an example of quantitative or qualitative data?

• quantitative

• numerical

• qualitative

• measurable

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Give an example of quantitative data.

• Temperature in degrees Celsius.

• Weight of an object in kilograms.

• Height of a person in centimeters

• Number of students in a classroom.

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Is the number of students in a class an example of quantitative or qualitative data?

• discrete

• qualitative

• quantitative

• categorical

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Observations or data that involve numbers are called _______ data.

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_____ data involve characteristics that cannot be easily measured or counted such as color or texture.

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The basketball player has the number 11 on their jersey.

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

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The liquid is a pink color.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

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I caught a fifteen foot shark.

• Qualitative data
• Quantitative data

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The clouds are grey and ground is wet.

• qualitative

• quantitative

Open Ended

What type of statement should a hypothesis be?

Categorize

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Place each organism under the correct heading

Unicellular

Multicellular

Colonial

Homeostasis in Cells

THE CELL (or plasma) MEMBRANE!

• The cellular (or plasma) membrane is responsible for controlling substances entering and leaving its boundaries.

• Hypertonic, Isotonic, and Hypotonic situations/solutions

• Balance & Equilibrium

• Water soluble and insoluble substance control

Homeostasis

Keeping "normal" conditions for survival

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​Proper functioning of systems

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​Maintaining Equilibrium

Homeostasis

Negative Feedback Loop

​-Nothing bad about this system

​-Simply moves back to a "normal" state

-Ex. If your body temperature rises to 103 degrees (F), and then returns to 98F hours later, that is movement in a "negative" direction...but totally normal!​

Open Ended

What is another example of a "negative feedback mechanism" in your body?

Homeostasis

Positive Feedback Loop

This mechanism results, usually, in a permanent change

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It also is a push to a "completion" of something. Ex. pregnancy

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​It's a change in the SAME direction, unlike NF, whereas the change goes back the other way

Multiple Choice

Which of those examples was a POSITIVE feedback loop?

• The pregnant woman

• Cut on arm

• Blood pressure

• Running a fever

Open Ended

Describe a recent experience you had with homeostasis in the past 24hrs:

Categorize

Options (4)

Organize the following into the correct category

Asexual

Sexual

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How do you "win" at natural selection?

• survive

• go extinct

• survive & reproduce

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What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

• natural selection

• mutation

• camouflage

• adaptation

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Which organisms are most likely to survive?

• the best adapted
• the fastest
• the strongest
• the most domesticated (tamed)

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The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

• Dark moth
• Light moth
• Both will be equally successful
• Neither will be successful

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Why is the mouse population changing over time?

• The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice
• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better
• The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily
• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

Multiple Choice

These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________

• Natural Selection
• Variation
• Homeostasis
• Extinction

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When an organism of a species has an adaptation, it will compete for resources better, survive longer and pass that adaptation on to it's offspring. This process is called

• evolution by natural selection
• artificial selection
• inbreeding
• outbreeding

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Which of the following explains adaptation.

• An individual organism changes to meet its needs in the environment. These changes pass down to their offspring.
• The species as a whole changes their characteristics.
• Beneficial traits allow organism to survive and pass on those traits
• New characteristics arise in a species as needed.  If these traits are helpful, they are passed down.

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When an environment changes faster that an species can adapt, the most likely outcome is...

• ...biological evolution.
• ...voluntary mutation
• ...species extinction
• ...selective breeding

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Evolution works by 

• individuals changing to suit their environment

• Individuals learned new traits and pass them on

• no change in the environment cause a species change 

• small changes passed down through many generations

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Mutations are important because they bring about

• death of the organism in which they develop
• genetic variation needed for a population to evolve
• benefits for the individual, not for the population
• Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

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What is another name for natural selection?

• survival of the smartest
• survival of the fastest
• survival of the biggest
• survival of the fittest

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Which of the following is a factor in natural selection?

• Individuals of species compete with one another to survive.
• All species are genetically diverse.
• Individuals better able to adapt to changes leave more offspring.
• All are correct 

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Charles Darwin observed that finches of different species on the Galápagos Islands have many similar physical characteristics, this supports the hypothesis that these finches

• are twins

• acquired traits through use and disuse.

• all eat the same type of food.

• descended from a common ancestor.

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Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• competition
• parasitism

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• Predation, because the ants feed on the fungi

• Mutualism, because both the ants and the fungi benefit from each other

• Competition, because both organisms consume the same resource for energy

• Commensalism, because the ants receive energy from the fungi and the fungi are unaffected

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The acacia ant nests and feeds in the plant’s hollow thorns. The ant helps protect the bullshorn acacia by attacking insects and grazing animals that come near the plant. The relationship between the acacia ant and the bullshorn acacia is an example of which of the following?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Neutralism

• Parasitism

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a relationship that occurs when two or more organims of the same species need the same resource at the same time

• competition
• symbiosis
• predation

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What are autotrophs

• organisms that produce their own food

• producers

• organisms that consume what they eat

• consumers

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Where does the energy flow start in an ecosystem?

• autotrophs

• heterotrophs

• the sun

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What is the process that plants use to obtain energy?

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• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

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The same atoms can cycle constantly between photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

• True

• False

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Before the 19th century if you asked an educated person "where does new life come from?' they would probably say....

• From other life

• From vital forces in the air, water, and Earth.

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Today...Biogenesis replaces Spontaneous Generation..."life comes

• from the vital force

• from a super being

• from pre-existing life

• from inorganic material

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__________ is the theory that living things come from other living things.

• biogenensis

• spontaneous generation

• cell theory

• evolution