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Biology
The study of life
5 Characteristics of Life
1. organization
2. energy use
3. maintains homeostasis
4. reproduction, growth, and development
5. evolution
Organization
orderly structure shown by living things
Organization - Atom
-most basic
-smallest chemical unit of a type of element
Organization - Molecule
,a group of joined atoms
Organization - Organelle
part of a cell
Organization - Cell
the smallest fundamental unit of life
Organization - Tissue
joined up cells
Organization - Organ
joined up tissues
Organization - Organ System
organs connected physically or chemically that function together
Organization - Organism
a single living individual
Organization - Population
group of same species of same organism living in same place and same
time
Organization - Community
all populations that occupy same region
Organization - Ecosystem
living and nonliving components of an area
Organization - Biosphere
global ecosystem
, Emergent Property
A new property that is created due to the interactions of the cellular
components
-ex: each body has a job but all requires each other
Requires Energy
Energy is required for all life processes
-metabolism
-autotrophs
-decomposers
-heat is lost every time energy is transferred
Homeostasis
process by which organisms maintain a relatively stable internal
environment
Reproduction
Ability to generate offspring
-asexual reproduction (genetically identical)
-sexual reproduction (adapting to environment, genetically different)
Evolve
change in a species to adapt to its environment over time
Atom to Biosphere
Autotroph