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INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY Chapter 1
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PROCESS OF SCIENCE Two main scientific approaches Discovery science - describing nature Hypothesis-driven science - explaining nature
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CULTURE OF SCIENCE Scientists build on what has been learned from earlier research Cooperation and competition characterize the scientific culture
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Interdependent of one another New technology advance science Scientific discoveries lead to new technologies
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SCIENTIFIC METHOD Process of inquiry consisting of series of steps Observation Question Hypothesis and Prediction Experiment Results/Data Analysis Conclusion
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Figure 1.15-2 Experiment supports hypothesis; make more predictions and test. Observation The remote doesn’t work. Hypothesis The batteries are dead. Question What’s wrong? Experiment Replace batteries. Prediction With new batteries, it will work.
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Figure 1.15-3 Experiment does not support hypothesis. Experiment supports hypothesis; make more predictions and test. Observation The remote doesn’t work. Hypothesis The batteries are dead. Question What’s wrong? Experiment Replace batteries. Prediction With new batteries, it will work. Revise.
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SCOPE OF LIFE Biology = scientific study of life Cell = basic unit of life Organisms are either unicellular or multicellular So what distinguishes living things from nonliving things?
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PROPERTIES OF LIFE Consist of 1 or more cells Order (organization) Regulation (homeostasis) Growth and development Energy processing Response to the environment Reproduction Evolution
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ORDER All living things exhibit complex but ordered organization Organized on both cellular and molecular levels
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REGULATION Adjust internal environment to remain stable Homeostasis
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GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT Cells grow through division and enlargement Information carried by DNA controls the pattern of growth and development in all organisms
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ENERGY PROCESSING Organisms take in energy and use it to perform all of life’s activities Autotroph Heterotroph
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RESPONSE TO THE ENVIRONMENT All organisms respond to environmental stimuli
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REPRODUCTION Organisms reproduce their own kind Asexual Sexual
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EVOLUTION Change over time Central, unifying phenomenon of all life Main evidence = fossils
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DARWINIAN VIEW OF LIFE Gathered evidence for theories during an around- the-world voyage Struck by diversity on the Galapagos Islands Observation 1: Overproduction and competition Observation 2: Individual variation Conclusion: Unequal reproductive success
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DARWINIAN VIEW OF LIFE On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Proposed two points Descent with modification Natural Selection
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FULL SCOPE OF LIFE
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Biosphere Ecosystem Communities Populations Organisms
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ECOSYSTEM Dynamics of ecosystem depend on recycling of chemical nutrients & flow of energy
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Organ Systems & Organs Tissues
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Cells Organelles Molecules and Atoms
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CELLS All cells are enclosed by protective, selectively permeable membrane All cells consist of DNA - units of inheritance that transmit information from parent to offspring Two main types of cells Prokaryotic Eukaryotic
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DIVERSITY OF LIFE Known life includes at least 290,000 plants, 52,000 vertebrates, and 1 million insects Estimates of the total number of species range from 10 million to over 100 million Taxonomy - branch of biology that names and classifies species
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3 DOMAINS OF LIFE Domain Bacteria Domain Archaea Domain Eukarya Kingdom Protista Kingdom Fungi Kingdom Plantae Kingdom Animalia
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SYSTEMATICS & TAXONOMY Science of classifying organisms and determining evolutionary history Linnaeus’ system Binomial nomenclature Hierarchical classification
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HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
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PHYLOGENY & CLADISITCS Phylogenetic TreeClade
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