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Welcome to Biology Class
What is Biology Anyways?
Why do I need to know about Biology?
What is BIOLOGY?
OLOGY= Study
BIO = Life
So Biology is the ………
“STUDY OF LIFE”
The science that employs the scientific method
to study living things.
How do organisms get arranged in life?
What would it take to be considered an
organism?
An orderly structure
Be able to produce offspring
Ability to grow and develop
Adjust to changes in environment.
Organisms interactions:
Organism rely on each other and the
environment for survival.
They form a web of life or food chain.
What is a web of life or food chain?
Web of life
Organisms in an ecosystem can be grouped
by the way they acquire & contribute food.
Characteristics of Living/Non Living
things.
What are some characteristics of living things?
Examples?
What are characteristics of non living
things?Examples?
Living = Organism
Must have an orderly structure
Must be able to produce offspring
Must be able to grow and develop
Must adjust to changes in environment
What are on non living things?
Some non living things may have some of the
criteria to be living BUT, they must show ALL
OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
Example: an iPod- it has an orderly structure but
non of the other criteria are met
= non living
Lets go outside and see what we can
find!!!!!
I will put you in groups of 2 .
You need to obtain a bag from the front table.
You will then, (in an orderly fashion) go
outside and collect 1 living and 1 non living
things.
When you have finished gather in a group
near the outside door.
Characteristics of living things: What are
they?
Made up of cells
Reproduce
Universal genetic code
Grow and develop
Obtain and use energy
Respond to their environment
Maintain and stabilize their internal
environment
As a group, living things change over time
Organization or Organisms
Organization = Structure
What gives something its structure?
One or more cells
Genetic make up =DNA
Organization continued….
If something is living it has a cellular
organization.
They all need to function (work) together in
an orderly, living system.
Levels of Organization
Molecules
Cells
Groups of Cells
Organism
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biosphere
Reproduction:
The producing of offspring
Why do we need to reproduce?
What makes something a species?
Growth and Development
Organisms have to grow and develop
Start with a single cell===Multiply====
Characteristics start to form
Eventually, increase the amount of living
material=====formation of a new
structure
Growth can vary
Organisms and different species grow at
different rates.
Look around you some have grown a lot
some a little in a few years.
Throughout history
Organisms and the rate that they change has
been a gradual change but…..
It is still going on
Rule of thumb: more cells the more the change.
Adapt to the Environment
Air, water, temperature, weather, … etc..
Predators/prey… if a new organism comes in
to town what is going to happen?
Must have ability to respond to outside
stimulus.
The key to be adaptive and a living thing.
REQUIRES A STIMULUS.. SOMETHING
ACTING ON IT.
REQUIRES A REACTION OR RESPONSE.
Organisms reactions..
+ or – depends on Health
Most healthy environments run along a
HOMEOSTASIS.
Maintain internal conditions suitable for survival.
Correct amount of food, water, temperature…. Etc
All of the process in their lifetime depend on
ENERGY USE.
Adaptations: Evolution
The organisms must adapt
Biologist study the adaptations that cause a
permanent change or the arrival of a new
species
Known to be Evolution: the accumulation of
gradual change through time!!!
Big Ideas in Biology
Science is a way of knowing
Interdependence in Nature
Matter and Energy
Cellular Basis of Life
Information and Heredity
Unity and Diversity of Life
Evolution
Structure and Function
Homeostasis
Science Technology and Society