Biology Unit 1 2013
BIOLOGY Unit 1: Biology and Science Science- an iterative process, ?tentative? truth, a way of asking questions and explaining observations Hypothesis?????????????....?.Theory?????????????.?.Law Specific????.????.????.????.????.????.????.?????General Less Certain???????.????.????.?????..????????More Certain Living vs. non Characteristics of living things: Reproduce (crystals + fire) Response to environment (fire) Use energy (fire) Transport (fire) Organized (crystals are stacked-easy) OR Complex (human body) Drawing the Line When chemicals ?care? enough to maintain their activities (homeostasis) to separate and control a piece of their air condition a piece of Columbus (one home) Chaos Biodiversity Organisms & ecosystems Can be viewed as information systems Store information