BIOL 1001- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 502 pages long!)

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Living things are more than the sum of their parts -) life is difficult to define the quality that distinguishes a vital functioning being from a dead body. Acquire materials & energy from the environment maintain internal conditions growth respond to stimuli reproduce capacity to evolve: characteristics defining life, water flea: complex and organized (living) Each level of complexity or structure is based on the one below it. Levels of biological organization in order of least to most complex illustrated in. Organisms sense and respond to internal and external environmental stimuli. Sensory organs detect and respond to external stimuli light sound chemicals. Plants and bacteria respond to stimuli as well. Homeostasis maintence to a relatively constant internal conditions. Seating in hot weather or during exercise. Basking in the sun to raise body temp. Organisms still grow and charge while maintaining homeostasis. Living things acquire and use materials and energy. Materials & energy required to maintain organization, grow, and reproduce.

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