1. Biology Overview The Study of Life What does the term Biology mean?
Characterize life?
composed of cells
responsive to stimuli
growth and development
reproduction
metabolism
ability to adapt to environment as a population
movement

2. Biology Overview Change DNA Evolution is a unifying theme in Biology
What is evolution?
Change
Living systems require the transmission of Information
DNA

3. Biology Overview Energy Life requires the input and flow of ?
How do organisms get their energy?
Producers: those who make their own food
Consumers: those who cannot make their own food
Life is connected by a flow of energy

4. Biology Overview Ecosystem Life is connected by a flow of energy
What do we call that connection?
Ecosystem

5. Science: Biology Overview What is Science?
Organized way of examining the natural world and the accumulation of gained knowledge about that world.

6. Biology Overview Scientific Method Investigations in Biology
What are the components of doing science?
observations
hypothesis development
experimentation
data collection and analysis