Major Concepts In Biology

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Major Concepts In Biology

• What you SHOULD have learned form BIO I!!

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There are 7 characteristics that define living
things

• 1.) Living things are composed of Cells
• 2.) Living things are highly organized
• 3.) Living things respond to their environment
  through stimuli
• 4.) Living things reproduce
• 5.) Living things grow and develop through
  metabolism
• 6.) Living things adapt over time through
  evolution
• 7.) Living things use energy for growth and
  maintenance

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From Genetics

• The patterns of inheritance are fundamental to
  all living things as seen through Mendelian
  Genetics.

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From Evolution

• Charles Darwins theory of Evolution is the
  current theory being used to explain the origin
  of life on Earth and the diversity of life forms.

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From Classification

• Living things are classified and sorted into
  groups for our organizational benefit.

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From The Nature of Science

• The Scientific Method is applied to solve a
  problem through experimentation.

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From the Nature of Science

• Controlled experiments contain a control sample,
  which goes through all of the experimental steps
  except that it is not subjected to the
  experimental variable. This is done for
  comparison purposes in order to help validate the
  experimental results.

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From Ecology

• All organisms interact with other organisms that
  are both similar to and different from
  themselves. Organisms also interact with the
  living and non-living factors of the environments
  in which they live.

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From Evolution

• Life comes only from life BIOGENESIS.

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From Cells

• The cell is the basic unit of life capable of
  carrying out all of the functions of living
  things.

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From Spiderman

• With great knowledge comes great responsibility.