Fundmentals of Biology: Lecture Outline - Chapter 1

LIVING THINGS:

  1. Are made of cells

    2.  

  2. Have the same kinds of atoms + molecules

    3.  

  3. Engage in metabolism

    4.  

  4. Sense + respond to energy

 

  1. Contain DNA

 

 

 

LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION:

- subatomic particle - atom - molecule - organelle

 

IF SO MUCH UNITY, WHY SO MANY SPECIES?

Biological species concept

 

Scientific name:

 

CLASSIFICATION OF LIFE:

Species

Genus

 

 

 

SIX KINGDOMS

Archaebacteria

 

Eubacteria

 

Protista

 

Fungi

 

Plantae

 

Animalia

 

EVOLUTION DEFINED:

 

 

  1. Variation

    2.  

  2. Adaptive forms

    3.  

  3. Natural selection

    4.  

  4. Population evolves

 

"Artificial Selection"

Nature of Biological Inquiry:

 

Scientific method

Ask question

 

Make hypothesis

 

Predict outcome

 

Test

 

Repeat

 

Examine alternate hypotheses

 

Report

 

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN:

Experimental group

Control group

 

SAMPLING ERROR:

 

SCIENTIFIC THEORIES:

- formed after years of rigorous tests

 

LIMITS OF SCIENCE

- science differs from systems of belief that are based on faith

 

Assigned questions: Chapter 1

Review 1-14, Self quiz 1-12