BIOL 1500- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 52 pages long!)
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Set 1 is a body of knowledge; a collection of unified insights about nature, the evidence for which is an array of facts. Theory is a general set of principles, supported by evidence, that explains some aspect of nature. Scientific method an observation leads to the formulation of a question about the natural world; observation, question, hypothesis, experiment, conclusion. Hypothesis a tentative, testable explanation for an observed phenomenon. ; a hypothesis must be testable through experimentation, observation, or mathematical demonstration. Characteristics of living things: assimilate energy, respond to their environment. Life is hierarchical ranging in increasing complexity from atoms to molecules to organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms, populations, communities, ecosystem, and the biosphere. Evolution the gradual modification of populations of living things over time, with this modification sometimes resulting in the development of new species. Science an organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world.
