BIOL 1361 1nd Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Last Lecture Outline of Current Lecture I. SyllabusII. Emergent PropertiesIII. Life Requires Energy Transfer & TransformationIV. Life Depends on Genetic InformationV. Organisms Interact with the Biotic & Abiotic EnvironmentVI. Evolution by Natural SelectionCurrent LectureI. SyllabusII. Emergent Propertiesa. Properties of something due to its arrangement and the interaction of its partsb. Ex. A box full of random bicycle partsc. Also for non living thingsd. Concept: Structure is correlated with functionIII. Life Requires Energy Transfer & Transformationa. All organisms are ordered systems governed by physical laws:i. Thermodynamicsii. Diffusioniii. Gas Lawsiv. Fluid FlowIV. Life Depends on Genetic Informationa. All living things contain genetic materialV. Organisms Interact with the Biotic & Abiotic Environmenta. Abiotic Environment: physical and chemical environmentb. Biotic Environment: other living thingsi. Can happen within a populationii. A communityiii. An ecosystemiv. The biosphereThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.c. Concept: Adaptationi. Is a characteristic that allows an individual to survive better in a particularenvironment than other individuals of same speciesVI. Evolution by Natural Selectiona. Individuals that are adapted to their environment survive better and produce more offspring than individuals that are less well-suited to their environmentb. The bird example: The bird eats the white beetles and eventually eliminates the white beetles while the black and gray beetles reproducei. The result: the # of individuals with a beneficial adaptation increase whilethe # of individuals without it decreasec. What happens when the environment
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