BIOL 1201 : Bio Test 1 Notes
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Greek for biology= bios (life) + logia (logic/science) Reproduction: living things reproduce their own kind. If you don"t reproduce, you"re genetically dead (growth and development: all living creatures undergo development, directed pattern based on dna programming. Energy use: uptake and transformation for work. Response to environment: behavioral- running from a bear, physiological- eating food. Homeostasis: maintenance of internal environment (happens quickly- short term, (ex. ears of rabbit help release heat) Evolutionary adaptation: happens more long term over many generations. Complex interactive systems: system- combination of components working together, must know how parts interact, emergent property- results from arrangement and interaction of parts. 600 yrs of evolutionary history water and human windpipe cells: unifying characteristics make it easier to discuss huge diversity. Jane goodall/chimp behavior, bump horn: hypothesis/experimental science- observe and form specifics (hypothesis), test with controlled experiments, uses deductive logic- from general to specific conclusion ( if then , observation hypothesis experimentation with control.
