Zoology

Chemical uniqueness

emergent properties

New behavior or new features, you can’t predict just by looking at the parts alone. you must see it as a whole, like a puzzle.

Reproduction

Living systems can reproduce themselves.

variation

what makes people different (unique)

Possession of a genetic program

having DNA that works like instructions for how you grow, live, and pass traits to offspring.

heredity

how parents pass traits to their offspring (kids)

DNA

stores genetic information, also it has 4 bases A C G which are codes

Metabolism

all the chemical reactions in the body that give energy and build what it needs to live

Physiology

the study of how the parts of living things work and carry out life functions (like how the heart pumps blood for the body to work)

Development

characteristic changes that an organism goes through from newbor to adulthood.

metamorphosis

how animals undergo change structure, habit and habitat

ecology

how organisms interact with each other and the environment

irritability

able to react to change on the environment like moths changing color due to coal

The first law of thermodynamics

energy cannot be created or destroyed, only changed from the previous form. (food energy is converted into movements

The second law of thermodynamics

Energy transfers are never 100% efficient; some energy is always lost as heat.

Eukaryotes

A cell with a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.
Includes animals, plants, fungi, and protists.

Hypothetico-deductive method

Observation, Question, Hypothesis Test, Conclusion, and Publication

Paradigms

A way of thinking or a model that guides how we understand something.

Stimuli

Environmental changes that cause a response. (Loud noise—you jump)

Fossil

Is a remnant of past life uncovered from the crust of the earth

Homology

Similarity due to shared ancestry