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Why Study Biology?
• Two important reasons for studying Biology:– Biology is relevant to our everyday experience
• Medical advances• Addressing needs of growing human population• Challenges of decreasing rate of biodiversity• Biotechnology advances
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Why Study Biology?
– Biology can be controversial
• Examples: – Dealing with
endangered species?
– Use of human fetal tissue in biomedical research?
– Safety of irradiated foods?
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What is Biology?
• It is the study of life.
• Branch of science– A way of understanding nature.
• A human endeavor– An attempt to understand, explain, integrate
and describe the world of living things.
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What is Life?
• Living organisms:– Highly organized and
complex.– Are composed of one
or more cells.– Contain a blueprint of
their characteristics.– Acquire and use
energy.– Carry out and control
numerous reactions.
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What is Life?
• Living organisms:– Grow.– Maintain constant
internal environment.– Produce offspring.– Respond to
environmental changes.
– May evolve.
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Biology is a Branch of Science
• Both an activity and body of knowledge.• A way of understanding the natural world.
– Scientists make predictions and test those predictions.
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Major Themes in Biology
• Evolution by Natural Selection
• Inheritance• Cells• Biological
Classification• Bioenergetics• Homeostasis• Ecosystems
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How is Biology studied?
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Scientific Method
• Begins with observations about our surroundings.
• Next, ask questions about the phenomena we are observing.
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Scientific Method
• Followed by generating a hypothesis.– Tentative explanation
to the question.
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Scientific Method
• Testing– Scientists perform
tests to determine the accuracy of their hypothesis.
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Scientific Method
• Explanation– It is a hypothesis that
has passed the widest and most comprehensive series of tests.
– Still subject to review and consideration.
– May be elevated to a theory = well demonstrated principle.