BIOL 1201 Chapter : Chapter 1 Book Notes
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All information is from campbell biology 9th edition evolution- an organism"s adaptations to its environment biology- the study of life that uses scientific inquiry to answer science based questions about life. All living things have concept 1. 1 emergent properties- properties that were not present at the preceding level of life due to. *evolutionary adaptation- an advantage for living in its environment resulting from generations of favorable traits from its ancestors. *a response to their environment- stimulus results in a response. Eukarya. organisms in the bacteria and archaea domains are prokaryotic cells. most prokaryotic cells are singled celled and microscopic. Theme: evolution accounts for the unity and diversity of life all of the organisms with eukaryotic cells are in the eukarya domain. the eukarya domain. With his theory of natural selection, darwin made three points. 1. a theory is much broader in scope than a hypothesis. 2. a theory is general enough to spin off new, specific hypotheses that can be tested.
