BIOL 1201 Chapter : Unit 1
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Themes in the study of life-(characteristics of life) order, regulation, energy processing, growth and development, reproduction, response to the environment, evolutionary adaptation. Definition of life-have to answer yes to all 7 characteristics but still gray areas. Life is recognized by what living things do. R: take something complex a part of it to try and understand the smaller part. S: looking at big systems to see how they interact and work together ex: how does a drug for blood pressure affect other organs (a few dozen items in your test tube) Theme: organisms interact-elephant eating tree, tree getting minerals from ground and sunlight. Theme: life requires and transforms energy-energy is usually wasted through heat, losing a lot of energy through movement. Theme: structure/function correlation-for example a wing for flying, a leaf for absorbing sunlight. Theme: the cell theory-lowest level of a living organism, all living things are made of cells, cells only use dna, have membranes.
