Chapters 1 & 15 - What is Life?

" Fun or Not Fun "

Biology - p. 17

*Cellular organization - p. 17

          Cell Theory - p. 26 + 66

                    Unicellular

                    Multicellular

*Metabolism - p. 17

*Homeostasis - p. 17 + 21 + 590

*Reproduce - p. 17 + 598

          Asexual - p. 598

          Sexual - p. 598

*Heredity - p. 17 + 26 + 28

Evolution - p. 20 + 28 - Decent with modification - All organisms have a common ancestor and each one is adapted to a particular way of life.

          Natural Selection - p. 20 + 253 - The process by which the individuals most adapted to their environment are most likely to produce healthy offspring who in turn reproduce.

Taxonomy - p. 287

       Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species (KFCOFGS) - p. 288

                    Monera, Fungi, Protista, Plantae, Animalia - p. 16 + 294

Binomial nomenclature - p. 286 + 287

Scientific Method - p. 22

          *Observation - p. 22

          *Hypothesis - p. 22

          *Experimentation - p. 23

                    Experimental groups - p. 23

                    Control group - p. 23

          *Conclusion - p. 23

          *Publish findings

          *Theory - p. 23 + 24 + 26 + 28


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Taxonomy:

K       Animalia

P       Chordata

     ( SP       Vertebrata )

C       Mammalia

O       Primates

F       Hominidae

G       Homo

S       H. sapiens


The 5 Kingdoms:

Monera = Blue-green algae and Bacteria

Fungi = Fungus and Mushrooms

Protista = One celled plants, fungi, and animals

Plantae = Multicellular Plants

Animalia = Multicellular Animals


Binomial nomenclature:

Homo sapiens

H. sapiens

E. coli

H. sapiens



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