Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections, Chapter 1 - Exploring Life

Emergent properties

________ are the result of interactions between the components of a system.

Evolutionary theory

What is useful in medicine, conservation, and agriculture? Answer with a single words or term.

Biologists

________ study life across a very broad range of scales, from the molecules in a cell to the entire living planet.

Biology

What is the scientific study of life? Answer with a single words or term.

Giant

________ pandas live in similar regions in Asia.

Technological advances

________ stem from scientific research and research benefits from new technologies.

Hypotheses

________ can be tested in humans with clinical trials, as well as retrospective or prospective observational studies.

endeavor

Forming and testing hypotheses at the core of science. What is influenced by three spheres: Exploration and discovery,

Darwin

________ synthesized the theory of evolution by natural selection.

D N A

________ is responsible for heredity and for programming the activities of a cell by providing the blueprint for proteins.

Ecosystems

What are characterized by the cycling of matter? Answer with a single words or term.

Scientists

________ tested hypotheses about the evolutionary relationships of red pandas.

Science

________ uses an evidence- based process of inquiry to investigate the natural world.

Energy

________ flows through an ecosystem in one direction.

cell

What is the structural and functional unit of life? Answer with a single words or term.

scientific theory

A(n) ________ is broad in scope and supported by a large body of evidence.

long bushy tail

Their cinnamon red and white coat camouflage them with the red mosses and white lichens of their environment. Their ________ provides warmth during the winter.

scientific approach

The ________ involves observations, hypotheses, predictions, tests of hypotheses via experiments or additional observations, and analysis of data.

Emergent properties

________ result from the specific arrangement and interactions among component parts.

Science

The Process of Science: What is a way of knowing- an approach to understanding the natural world? Answer with a single words or term.