What is biology?

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What is biology?
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• Biology is the study of life.
• bio life logy the study of
• B. Something that is living is called an
  organism.
• C. All living things share certain properites
  that separate them from non-living things.

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• D. Characteristics of life (all living things)
• 1. are made of cells (1 or many)
• 2. reproduce (sexually or asexually)
• 3. Have a universal genetic code (passing on
  traits)

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• 4. Grow develop
• 5. Obtain and use materials and energy (animals
  take in food/ give off waste, take in O2 give
  off CO2
• 6. respond to the environment (seeds only
  develop in the right conditions)

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• 7. Maintain a stable internal environment (body
  temp). Known as homeostasis.
• 8. As a group, change over time (adaptation
  evolution)