Rebecca DavenportBIO 1406-BW1Wednesday 10:35- 11:50am, 12:00-1:15pm9/5/2016Chapter 1: blue print1. Biology- the study of lifea. 7 characteristics of life- i. Orderii. evolutionary adaptioniii. respond to stimuliiv. regulationv. energy processingvi. growth and developmentvii. reproductionviii.b. Biological organization- (from zoomed out to zoomed in)i. Biosphereii. Ecosystemiii. Communitiesiv. Populationsv. Organismsvi. organs and organ systemsvii. cellsviii. organellesix. atomsx. moleculesc. The study of life can be divided into different levels of biological organization:i. Reductionism – “zooming in” reduces complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to studyii. Emergent Properties – “zooming out”; new properties that arise due to arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases.d. Evolution- the process of change that has transformed life on earth.i. The core theme of biologye. Domains of life-i. Archea, bacteria and eukaryaii.2. Scientific method-i. Observationii. Questioniii. Researchiv. Hypothesis- a proposed explanation for a natural phenomenonv. Experimentvi. Analysisvii. Report results b. Theory- broader than a hypothesis and is supported by a large body of evidence.c. Inquiry- is the search for information and explanation.d. Types of reasoning-i. Inductive Reasoning- draws conclusions via large number of specific observations1. Repeated specific observations can lead to important generalizations2. Helps us come up with the hypothesisii. Deductive Reasoning- is used to test the idea or hypothesise. Data-i. Qualitative- descriptiveii. Quantitative- #’s3. Charles Darwina. Theory of natural selectionb. Decent from modification- reflects inheritance from a common ancestor.c. “Prototype”- mammal from which all mammals
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