BSC 2010C Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Golgi Apparatus, Cell Membrane, Cell Junction
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Ability to reproduce independently (unlike viruses which are dependent on host cells) Hierarchy of life: ecosystem, community, population, organism, organ system, organ, tissue, cell, organelle, molecule. A cell carries out all activities for life and is the most basic structure in an organism. Cells are structural and functional units of life. The english scientist robert hooke named cells in 1665 when he looked under cork in a microscope and it reminded him of the cells in monasteries. Prokaryotes lack organelles and a membrane enclosed nucleus. They are smaller, many have cell walls, and have circular single stranded dna. They have organelles and a membrane enclosed nucleus. System of taxonomy progresses from most broad to most specific. Domain, kingdom, phyllum, class, order, family, genus, species. Dumb king phillip came over from germany stoned. Kingdoms for eukarya are plantae, fungi, animalia, and protista. Scientific method specifies a process used to find answers: Re evaluate hypothesis, make a new one and repeat.
