Basic Ecology Terms: Ecology- the study of how organisms interact with their environment Organism- a living thing that gets food‚ water‚ shelter‚ and other things it needs to live‚ grow‚ and reproduce from its environment Habitat- environment that provides needed things Biotic Factors- the living part of a habitat Abiotic Factors- the non-living part of a habitat (soil‚ oxygen‚ water‚ sunlight‚ temperature) Species- a group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that
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Homeostasis is a mechanism that allows organisms to maintain stable internal conditions (Reece 2014). The capability to perform homeostasis is essential for the survival of all organisms. Homeostatic mechanisms include a range of responses that regulate internal imbalances‚ including body temperature. A vital component of homeostasis is known as thermoregulation‚ the process of maintaining temperatures within a normal range (Reece 2014). When ambient temperatures change‚ animals must control their
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biological process by which new individual organisms – "offspring" – are produced from their "parents". Reproduction is a fundamental feature of all known life; each individual organism exists as the result of reproduction. There are two forms of reproduction: asexual and sexual. In asexual reproduction‚ an organism can reproduce without the involvement of another organism. Asexual reproduction is not limited to single-celled organisms. The cloning of an organism is a form of asexual reproduction. By
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How can we tell if an organism is alive or not? Is a virus ‚ prion‚ virod‚ or a rock a living organism? What is life? Biologist have studied what makes organism alive for many years and have come to the conclusion the there are nine characteristics of life. Each characteristic has a property which applies to how and organism is alive. Life characteristics are as follows: order‚ metabolism‚ motility‚ responsiveness‚ reproduction‚ development‚ heredity‚ evolution‚ and adaptation. All of the characteristics
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wonderful. It contains wide range of life forms. 1.1 What is living – Living organisms are self-replicating‚ evolving and self-regulating interactive systems capable of responding to external stimuli. Living organisms exhibit following distinctive characteristics. All Living Organisms grow: Twin characters of growth are increase in (a) mass and (b) number of individuals. Cell division leads to growth of an organism. External Growth is shown in non-living bodies where the accumulation of
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BIO 101 Week 2 Individual Assignment Family Tree Presentation BIO 101 Week 3 Individual Assignment Evolution Lab BIO 101 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Domestication Presentation BIO 101 Week 4 Individual Assignment Organism Physiology Paper BIO 101 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Food Web Diagram BIO 101 All DQ’s Know your limits - don’t overwhelm yourself with too many courses. It may seem like a great idea to take as many courses that you can
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highlighted in BOLD are the essay titles more akin to the new specification. How ATP is produced and used in living organisms. Mutation and its consequences. The adaptations of organisms that help them survive extreme conditions. Nitrogenous excretion and water control in animals. How nucleic acids are suited to their functions in living organisms. The interactions between organisms of the same and different species. How a mammal is able to see. The causes and nature of the variation on which
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more complicated molecules needed for life like proteins and sugars. Analysis: I think it’s a great thing that the scientist found a new theory. With this theory people can find great answers to all of their questions. They also might find new organisms. Source (Name of author‚ title of website/newspaper): http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/03/09/ comet-impacts-may-have-jump-started-life-on-earth/#ixzz2NCgFmDKR_Analysis Date of article: 1/4/14. access( only web articles): 1/4/14 Date of
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This project is beneficial because regeneration is a big topic right now and regeneration in biology is the process of renewal ‚ restoration ‚ and growth that makes genomes ‚ cells ‚ organisms ‚ and ecosystems resilient to natural fluctuations or events that cause disturbances or damage. So regeneration is only applicable to some animals but in the future it could grow to other animals and maybe in the far future humans with the proper research and experimentation . my data will allow scientist
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Population is all the organisms that both belong to the same species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define the population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals from other areas. Normally breeding is substantially more common within the area than across the border. Ecosystem which consists of all the organisms living in a particular area‚ as well as all the nonliving‚ physical
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