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Learning Target: The Study of Life Ch. 1.1 pp. 4-6 I Can…Identify the required characteristics of living organisms describe how and explain why biodiversity changes across different environments of the biosphere. I Will… Define the terms Biology, Biosphere, Biodiversity, and Organism. List the characteristics required to classify an entity as alive. Relate life characteristics to Earth’s varying environments.
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Learning Target: The Study of Life Ch. 1.1 pp. 4-6 Bio means “life” ology means “Study of” ~Where is life found on Earth? ~When do we know that something is alive? ~Why is it important to study life? Biology is the Study of Life
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Learning Target: The Study of Life Ch. 1.1 pp. 4-6 ~Where is life found? Water Land Air Biosphere – All living things and all places they are found Earth’s biosphere contains a vast biodiversity (different kinds of life).
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Learning Target: The Study of Life Ch. 1.1 pp. 4-6 Biodiversity is greatest at the Earth’s equator and decreases as moves towards the poles. Every part of the biosphere is connected and includes many environments & ecosystems. WHY?
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Learning Target: The Study of Life Ch. 1.1 pp. 4-6
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Learning Target: The Study of Life Ch. 1.1 pp. 4-6 All Living Things must: 1.Be composed of cells (basic unit of life) 2.System of bio-organization (parts forming a whole) 3.Require & use energy (carry on metabolism) 4.Respond to stimuli (environment) a)Maintain homeostasis 5.Display heredity (DNA) (Species reproduction) a)Grow and develop (Organisms use DNA instructions) b)Evolve and adapt (Populations change over time)
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Learning Target: The Study of Life Ch. 1.1 pp. 4-6 Small group work: Marty the Martian Defense Prosecution
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