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Properties of Life
Order Evolutionary Adaptation Response to environment Reproduction Growth & Development E processing Regulation
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Evolution Energy transfer Continuity & Change Relationship of structure to function Regulation Interdependence in nature Science, technology & society
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A. Chemistry of Life (7%) Water Organic molecules in organisms Free energy changes Enzymes B. Cells (10%) Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells Membranes Subcellular organization Cell cycle and its regulation C. Cellular Energetics (8%) Coupled reactions Fermentation and cellular respiration Photosynthesis
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Populations (50%)
A. Heredity (8%) Meiosis and gametogenesis Eukaryotic chromosomes Inheritance patterns B. Molecular Genetics (9%) RNA and DNA structure and function Gene regulation Mutation Viral structure and replication Nucleic acid technology and applications C. Evolutionary Biology (8%) Early evolution of life Evidence for evolution Mechanisms of evolution
A. Diversity of Organisms (8%) Evolutionary patterns Survey of the diversity of life Phylogenetic classification Evolutionary relationships B. Structure and Function of Plants and Animals (32%) Reproduction, growth, and development Structural, physiological, and behavioral adaptations Response to the environment C. Ecology (10%) Population dynamics Communities and ecosystems Global issues
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Charles Darwin
Evolution
The process of change that has transformed life on Earth from its earliest beginnings to the diversity of organisms living today Is the fundamental organizing principle of biology & main theme
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Unity
Diversity
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3 Domains of Life
Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
Bacteria
Archaea
Eukarya
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nutrients
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Energy utilization
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DNA the genetic material carries biological information from one generation to the next
You can make more, a lot like you!
T R A I T
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organism
cell
organelle
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Regulation
Organisms need to maintain a steady state
in the face of changing conditions
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communities, ecosystems
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ethics
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Evolution Energy transfer Continuity & Change Relationship of structure to function Regulation Interdependence in nature Science, technology & society
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ANY QUESTIONS?
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