1. INTRODUCTION I. Biology A. Definition B. Characteristics of Life
1. Highly Organized
Atoms  Organ Systems
Organisms  Ecosystem
Figure 1.1

2. 2. Transform Energy
Bioenergetics (Energy Flow)
Figure 1.2

3. 3. Reproduce
Variation in Nature
Figure 1.3

4. 4. Grow and Develop
Stages and Accomplishments

5. 5. Irritable and Adaptable
Daily Adjustments vs. Population Changes
Figure 1.11

6. 6. Practice Homeostasis
Balanced against Change

7. C. Biology Related Topics
a. Negative Mechanisms
vs. b. Positive Mechanisms
C. Biology Related Topics

8. II. Scientific Method A. Why? 1. Thinking Process
2. Classical vs. Empirical
3. Inductive vs. Deductive

9. B. Process
1. Steps
Question
Figure 1.14

10. i. Experimental Variables
This is the tested for or manipulated variable.
Independent =
These change due to the changes of the independent variable.
Dependent =
Control =
These are the held constant variable's.

11. Question
Analysis
Re-Test
Figure 1.14
Theory
Law

12. C. Evidence (the method works)
1. History (of categorizing life)
organisms strive to become more complex
a. Anaximander 400BCE
creatures organized from simple to complex or “Scala naturae” in a fixed state
b. Aristotle 400BCE
designed a classification system (binomial nomenclature)
c. Carolus von Linnaeus 1700’s
organisms were not fixed = change over time Force?
d. Count Buffon 1700’s
Catastrophism (Name one!) to explain the variation in the extinct vs. extant species
e. Baron Cuvier 1800’s

13. f. Jean Lamarck 1800’s g. Charles Darwin 1859
inheritance of acquired characteristics
“Origin of the Species” natural selection  adapt and reproduce or go extinct
g. Charles Darwin 1859

14. 2. Diversity “Lion King” a. Trophic Levels
Producers, Consumers, & Decomposers
Figure 1.12

15. b. Taxonomy is the science of classification. How?
Groupings  D, K, P, C, O, F, G, & S
Monera
Protista
Figure 1.7
Table 1.2
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Figure 1.8
Figure 1.9
Figure 1.10

16. Classification of a human and other animals
Groupings  D, K, P, C, O, F, G, & S