Chapters 1 & 16.3 - What is Life?

" Fun or Not Fun "

Biology

*Cellular organization

          Cell Theory

                    Unicellular

                    Multicellular

*Metabolism

*Homeostasis

*Reproduce

          Asexual

          Sexual

*Heredity

*Movement

*Stimuli

*Complexity

Evolution

          Natural Selection

Taxonomy

       Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species (KFCOFGS)

                    Monera, Fungi, Protista, Plantae, Animalia

Binomial nomenclature

Scientific Method

          *Observation

          *Hypothesis

          *Experimentation

                    Experimental groups

                    Control group

          *Conclusion

          *Publish findings

          *Theory


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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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