Ch 1 Vocab

• Domain
• Kingdom
• Phylum
• Class
• Order
• Family
• Genus
• Species

Characteristic that depends on the level of organization of matter, but does not exist at lower levels of organization.

• A steady internal condition maintained by responses that compensate for changes in the external environment
• Ex.  Body temperature control

The process in which parents produce offspring

• A series of changes encoded in DNA
• A fertilized egg divides into many cells that ultimately are transformed into an adult.  The adult is then capable of reproduction

The stages through which individuals devellop, grow, maintain themselves, and reproduce

The transmission of DNA from one generation to the next

Characteristic that helps an organism survive longer or reproduce more under a particular set of environmental conditions

Evolutionary process by which alleles that increase the likelihood of survival and the reproductive output of the individuals that carry them become more common in subsequent generations

When one group has more viable offspring than another. If two populations are similar but one has a variation that leads to fewer births and more deaths

Selective breeding of organisms to ensure that certain desirable traits appear at higher frequency in successive generations

Spontaneus and heritable change in DNA

A unit controlling the code for a protein molecule or one of its parts