Biology Overview: Four Big Ideas and Evolution
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Vocabulary flashcards covering the four big ideas in AP Biology and Darwin's role in evolution, based on the lecture notes.
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Evolution
One of the four big ideas in AP Biology; explains how populations change over time through processes like natural selection and descent with modification, emphasizing common ancestry.
Free energy
One of the four big ideas in AP Biology; relates to energy flow and transformations within living systems.
Information
One of the four big ideas in AP Biology; concerns how genetic information is stored, transmitted, and used in biological processes.
Systems
One of the four big ideas in AP Biology; focuses on how parts of biological networks interact to produce integrated functions.
AP Biology framework
College Board framework built around the four big ideas: evolution, free energy, information, and systems.
Charles Darwin
Naturalist who proposed natural selection; a proponent of evolution rather than the inventor.
Common ancestry
Concept that all life shares a single origin; central to the theory of evolution and supported by Darwin's notes.
Natural selection
Mechanism by which evolution occurs; differential survival and reproduction favoring advantageous traits.
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