ABE 2062 Midterm: All Lecture Notes for Exam 1

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Agricultural and Biological Engineering
• Course: ABE 2062
• Professor: Yiider Tseng

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Introduction: themes in the study of life10/4/2013 7:46:00 am. An organism"s adaptations to its environment, such as adaptations for conserving water, are the result of evolution, the process of change that has transformed life on earth from its earliest beginnings to the diversity of organisms living today. Posing questions about the living world and seeking science-based answers scientific inquiry are the central activities of biology, the scientific study of life. Concept 1. 1: the themes of this book make connections across different areas of biology. If we zoom out from the molecular level, we can see that novel properties emerge at each step, properties that are not present at the preceding level. These emergent properties are due to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases. If a blow to the head disrupts the intricate architecture of a human brain, the mind may cease to function properly even though all of the brain tissues are still present.