INTRODUCTION
I. LOGISTICS FOR BIOLOGY 108
II. LIFE: SHARED PROPERTIES & PROCESSES
III. HIERARCHY OF BIOLOGICAL ORDER
LIFE: SHARED PROPERTIES & PROCESSES
I. ORDER = COMPLEX ORGANIZATION
II. REPRODUCTION = BIOGENESIS
III. GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
IV. ENERGY UTILIZATION
V. RESPONSE TO THE ABIOTIC & BIOTIC ENVIRONMENT
VI. HOMEOSTASIS
VII. ADAPTATION THROUGH EVOLUTION
A. ORGANIC EVOLUTION = DESCENT WITH MODIFICATION
1. ALL LIVING ORGANISMS ARE DESCENDENTS OF EARLIER ORGANISMS
2. POPULATIONS OF ORGANISMS CHANGE THROUGH TIME
HIERARCHY OF BIOLOGICAL ORDER
BIOSPHERE
BIOMES
ECOSYSTEMS
COMMUNITIES
POPULATIONS
ORGANISMS
ORGAN SYSTEMS
ORGANS
TISSUES
CELLS
ORGANELLES
MOLECULES
ATOMS
TOPIC 1
INTRODUCTION
TEXT (Edition 5)
Pages 1 - 13; 23
FIGURES
1.3; 2.1; 7.4; 9.1; 16.5; 17.23;22.2; 24.13; 25.4; 28.24;33.23; 39.16; 44.21; 47.9; 50.15; 51.19
TOPIC 1 - GLOSSARY
Abiotic, adaptation, biogenesis, biotic, descent with modification, hierarchy of biological organization, homeostasis, organic evolution.