Teacher Notes:
1. Open “smartboard” supplement for
Chapter 1…(videos, review, etc.)
2. Copy of Notes…Chapter 1
3. Copy of Characteristics Concept Map
(colored paper)
The Science of Biology
Chapter 1
What is Biology?
The study of life (Greek
word bios, meaning life and
logos, meaning study
Properties of Life
What
characteristics
do living
creatures have
in common?
Biology: Video
Living creatures GROW & DEVELOP
• Change over an individual’s life time
– get bigger
– mature
• so they can reproduce
Living creatures use ENERGY
• Metabolism
– all the reactions your body performs
to make & use energy
• eating & digestion & elimination of
waste
• synthesis = building
mitochondria
• cellular respiration = making energy
Living creatures RESPOND AND MOVE
• Respond to internal changes
– Homeostasis
• maintaining balanced conditions inside the
body
• Respond to external changes
Living creatures REPRODUCE
• Make the next generation
 Asexual-single parent
 Sexual- two parents
(sperm and egg)
Living Creatures are made of CELLS
• All living organisms are made up of
cells.
• Can be made up of one cell
(unicellular) or trillions of
cells (multicellular).
Living creatures are ORGANIZED
• All made of the same collection of
chemicals, but we are organized
as…
– organelles & cells
• plant cells & animal cells
plant cell
animal cell
Living creatures are ORGANIZED
• All made of the same collection of
chemicals, but we are organized as…
– organs & organ systems
• respiratory, circulatory, digestive, etc.
Living creatures have DNA
• Has a set genetic code that is
passed down from parent to
offspring
• directions for inheritance
• DNA AND RNA
Living creatures EVOLVE
• Living things adapt and can evolve
(change of time)
Characteristics of Life: Video
Complete
Characteristics of Life
CONCEPT MAP with
11:00 appointment
ORGANIZATION
• ORGANISM-anything that possesses all
of these characteristics of life.
• SPECIES-organism that can interbreed
and produce fertile offspring (if not
leads to EXTINCTION)
Levels of ORGANIZATION
Organization: Video
Levels of Biological Organization
Biosphere-Earth
Scientific Inquiry:
Thinking Like a Scientist
• Scientists collect data by
making careful
observations.
• An observation is a
record or note made by
studying something using
the senses.
• Data is information gathered
through observations.
• An inference is a deduction or
assumption based on
observations and prior
knowledge.
Inferences……
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Reject &
Revise
Hypothesis
Additional
Hypothesis
THEORY:
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Observation
Hypothesis
Experiment
Collect Data
Analyze
Additional
Hypothesis
Conclusion
THEORY:
Reject &
Revise
Hypothesis
Any
Questions?
Quick
Review…
1. The process by which organisms keep
their internal conditions relatively
stable is called
a.
b.
c.
d.
metabolism
a genome
evolution
homeostasis
1. The process by which organisms keep
their internal conditions relatively
stable is called
d. homeostasis
Which sequence illustrates the increasing
complexity of levels of organization in
multicellular organisms?
(1) cell → tissue → organ → organism→
organ system
(2) cell → tissue → organ → organ system →
organism
(3) tissue → cell → organ → organ system →
organism
(4) cell → organism → organ system → organ →
tissue
Which sequence illustrates the
increasing complexity of levels of
organization in multicellular
organisms?
(2) cell → tissue → organ → organ
system → organism
The diagram below represents levels
of organization in living things.
Which term would
best represent X?
(1) human
(2) stomach
(3) tissue
(4) organelle
The diagram below represents levels
of organization in living things.
Which term would
best represent X?
(3) tissue
4. A housefly ingests raw garbage, digests
it, and later egests some materials.
With which life process are all of
these events most closely associated?
a.
b.
c.
d.
growth
nutrition
transport
synthesis
4. A housefly ingests raw garbage, digests
it, and later egests some materials.
With which life process are all of
these events most closely associated?
a. nutrition
“SmartBoard” REVIEW#1
“SmartBoard” REVIEW#2
Study for
TEST
• Notes
• Vocabulary
• Misc. work
given (concept
maps, worksheets,
etc.)