BIOL108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Heredity, Blood Sugar, Heritability

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Biology (Biological Sciences)
• Course: BIOL108
• Professor: Trevor Pasanen

Document Summary

Answer: reproduction with heredity, controlled growth and development (controlled because it is arguable that you can grow crystals, therefore change in size but they don"t have control of it. , metabolism (energy utilization) **fungi don"t consume, they absorb organic material to one cell layer thick structures. Controlled movement meaning that you can control the direction you go (wind is not controlled) Many prokaryotes and protists cannot move on their own accord > not a general characteristic of life. All life uses a cell structure to become organized. All life utilizes water (on earth: response to the environment. Abiotic > non-living contain physical factors and temperature, light and humidity. Biotic > all living components. (nearly 7 trillion cells on your body are not your own) Contains other humans ( conspeci cs ), hundreds of other species on and in your body, many bene cial and some harmful.