[BIOL 1010] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (25 pages long)
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Extraterrestrial/spatial: universe totality of everything in the natural world. Living = biotic factors, live in biosphere (everywhere there"s life) Lithosphere = outer surface; geosphere = crust. Ecosphere does not include the entire earth: climatic regions run in bands around earth, not as inclusive. Areas right above and below equator tropics. Arctic circle at top, antarctic at bottom (polar regions) Equator is largest region, arctic and antarctic smallest regions. Ecological regions: biomes large geographical regions with characteristic features (climates/conditions and plant matter) Physiological levels of organization (listed large to small: body systems, organs, tissues, cells, organelles. We know they exist because if a proton or neutron is blasted, the item gets deflected. All of these systems are tied together by energy, which can never be created or destroyed. Yes and no the world is organized, but labels are what we as humans put on them. Science is : systemic investigation of the natural world, human activity, agreed upon principles and practices.
