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• What is biology?

What is Biology?

What is it?

• Is the study of living things

• All living things are called organisms

Characteristics of Life

Living things are very organized and contain many complex chemical substances

Living things are made up of one or more cells

Unicellular-

1 cell

Multicellular- more than 1 cell

Living things have

a definite form and

limited size

Living things have a limited life span

Gastrotrich (a minute aquatic animal)3 day life span

Giant tortoise 177 year life span

Living things evolve or change over long periods of time. This is characteristic of groups of organisms, not of individuals.

Life Processes- determine living v. non-living

1. Living things move.

2. Living things are able to reproduce.

3. Living things are sensitive and respond to changes in the environment.

Does one rotten apple spoil the whole bunch?

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4. Living things need nutrition

Make their food

5. Excrete waste.

Examples: Sweat, Examples: Sweat, urine, carbon dioxideurine, carbon dioxide

6. Living things respire (plants and animals use the oxygen in the air to turn food into energy)

7. Living things grow and develop.

Use the first letter from each process to help you remember

them.MoveReproduceSensitiveNutritionExcreteRespireGrow

They spell MRS. NERG

This is MRS NERG !

Can you remember what each of the letters in her name stands for ?

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