Unit 1 - Keystone Biology Concepts
Basic Biological Principles
Explain the characteristics common to all organisms:
- Describe the characteristics of life shared by all prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms.
Describe relationships between structure and function at biological levels of organization:
- Compare cellular structures and their functions in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
- Describe and interpret relationships between structure and function at various levels of biological organizations(i.e., organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and multicellular organisms)
Vocabulary
- cell
- organelle
- organism
- tissue
- organ system
- eukaryote
- prokaryote
- deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
- nucleus
- extracellular
- intracellular
- endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
- chloroplast
- Golgi apparatus
- mitochondrion
- ribosome
- plasma membrane
- chromsomes
- plastids
- biology
- species
- unicellular
- multicellular
- organ
- system
- science
- endosymbiosis
- sexual reproduction
- asexual reproduction
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