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.