Alphabetical
organism
[noun]
Any connected living system, such as an animal, plant, fungus, or bacterium. Organisms may be composed of a single cell or a complex network of cells working together to carry out life processes.
Appears in modules:
- Adaptation The case of penguins
- Animal Behavior Causes and approaches to studying behavior
- Animal Ecology Competition, predation, and cooperation
- Biodiversity I Definitions and patterns of diversity
- Biodiversity II Changing habits and habitats
- Blood Biology I Components of blood
- Carbohydrates Simple sugars and complex carbohydrates
- Carbon Chemistry Simple hydrocarbons, isomers, and functional groups
- Cell Division I The cell cycle
- Cell Division II Mitosis
- Cellular Organelles I Endosymbiosis and membrane-bound organelles
- Charles Darwin I The Origin of Species
- Charles Darwin II Natural selection
- Charles Darwin III Descent with modification
- Collaborative Research in the Arctic Towards Understanding Climate Change The work of Kevin Arrigo
- Creativity in Science How scientists decide what to study
- Description in Scientific Research Observations and multiple working hypotheses
- Discovery and Structure of Cells Cell theory, prokaryotes, and eukaryotes
- DNA I The genetic material
- DNA II The structure of DNA
- DNA III The replication of DNA
- Earth's Atmosphere Composition, temperature, and pressure
- Ecosystem Services Categories and valuation
- Electromagnetism and Light Introduction to the electromagnetic spectrum
- Energy Metabolism I Glycolosis and the Krebs cycle
- Experimentation in Scientific Research Variables and controls in practice
- Exponential Equations II The constant e and limits to growth
- Future of Human Evolution Artificial selection and transhumanism
- Gene Expression Enzymes and hereditary conditions
- History of Earth's Atmosphere II The rise of atmospheric oxygen
- Independent Assortment Mendel's testcrosses and Punnett squares
- Inheritance Mendel's experiments and laws
- Linear Equations Relationships with two variables
- Lipids Composition, structure, and function
- Membranes and Chemical Transport Absorption, distribution, and storage of substances in organisms
- Nuclear Chemistry I Radiation, half-life, and nuclear reactions
- Origins of Life I Early ideas and experiments
- Origins of Life II Primeval environments and the origins of RNA
- Origins of Plate Tectonic Theory From early ideas to mapping the ocean floor
- Photosynthesis I Harnessing the energy of the sun
- Population Genetics Hardy-Weinberg and genetic drift
- Revolutionzining Medicine with Monoclonal Antibodies The work of César Milstein
- Scientists and the Scientific Community The experiences that shape scientists
- Substances Pure substances and mixtures
- Taxonomy I What's in a name?
- Taxonomy II Nomenclature
- The Carbon Cycle Geology, biology, and the impact of human activities
- The Founding of Neuroscience The work of Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Camillo Golgi
- The Nitrogen Cycle Of microbes and men
- The Periodic Table of Elements IV Chemical families
- The Phosphorus Cycle Phosphates and fertilizer
- The Practice of Science An introduction to research methods
- The Rock Cycle Uniformitarianism and recycling
- Theories, Hypotheses, and Laws Definitions, examples, and their roles in science
- Uncertainty, Error, and Confidence Characterizing natural variability and human error
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