Study Guide-01 Biology 1004

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Topic: Biology Study Guide LectureTest- #1

  1. Biology- definition
  2. Importance
  3. Characteristics of All Living Cells
  1. Contain cell wall or limiting membrane
  2. Made of cells
  3. Reproduce
  1. Sexual
  2. Asexual
  1. Growth
  2. Maintain balance of internal environment- homeostasis
  3. Require and/or produce energy
  1. Metabolism
  2. Photosynthesis
  3. Respiration
  1. Movement and/or locomotion
  1. Entire origin
  2. Leaves
  3. Stems
  4. Cytoplasm
  5. Cilia
  6. Flagella
  1. Respond to stimuli
  1. Chemotaxis
  2. Phototaxis
  3. Venus Fly Trap
  4. Retina of eye
  1. Adaptation
  1. Modifications
  2. Examples
  3. Darwin and evolution or natural selection
  1. Reasons for natural selections
  2. Examples
  1. Information Storage and Transmission
  1. DNA
  2. Proteins
  3. Hormones
  4. Nervous system
  1. Biological Organization
  1. Chemical
  2. Cellular
  3. Tissue
  4. Organ level
  5. Organism level
  1. Ecology
  1. Definition
  2. Environmentalism
  3. Population
  4. Community
  5. Ecosystem
  6. Biosphere
  1. Population size and dynamics
  1. Nature of the population
  2. Estimating population size
  3. Changes in population size over time
  1. J shaped growth
  2. S shaped growth
  3. Environmental resistance
  1. Calculating growth rates
  1. Birth rate
  2. Death rate
  3. Growth rate

    If r = 0; If r is less than 0

  1. Intrinsic growth rate
  1. r- selected and k- selected
  1. Reproductive strategies
  2. K- selected species
  3. R- selected species
  1. Thinking about human populations
  1. Survivorship curves
  2. Population pyramids
  3. Immigration
  4. World population growth
  5. Population growth through human history effects of runaway growth on human life
  1. Communities- definition
  1. Ecological dominants
  2. Keystone species
  3. Biodiversity
  1. Types of interaction between community members
  1. Habitat
  2. Niches
  3. Types of interaction in communities
  1. Competition
  2. Competition exclusion
  3. Resource partitioning
  1. Predation and parasitism
  1. Predation
  2. Parasitism
  3. Value of predation and parasitism
  1. Evolutionary effects of predator-prey relationships
  1. Mimicry
  2. Batesian mimicry
  3. Mullerian mimicry
  1. Mutualism and commensalism
  2. Co-evolution
  3. Succession in communities
  1. Definition
  2. Primary
  3. Secondary
  4. Climax succession
  1. Classification
  1. Biomial system
  2. Taxonomic classification
  1. Kingdom
  2. Phylum or Division
  3. Class
  4. Order
  5. Family
  6. Genus
  7. Species
  1. Five kingdom system of classification
  1. Procaryota
  2. Protist
  3. Fungia
  4. Plantae
  5. Animalia
  1. Three domains
  1. Eukarya
  2. Eubacteria
  3. Archae
  1. Human classification
  1. Continuous Energy Input
  1. Energy use and production
  2. Self-sufficient ecosystem contains
  1. Producers- Autotrophs
  2. Consumers- Heterotrophs
  3. Decomposers- Heterotrophs
  1. Scientific Method
  2. Chemical Basis of Life
  1. Matter
  2. Elements
  3. Atoms
  4. Protons
  5. Neutrons
  6. Electrons
  7. Atomic number
  8. Atomic mass
  9. Isotopes- Radioisotope (Radionuclide)
  10. Energy levels and orbits of electrons

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