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Intro - Unifying Themes in The Study of Life

The document discusses the key concepts of biology including: 1) Biology is hierarchical with each level building on the lower levels down to the basic unit of structure and function - the cell. 2) Cells arise from pre-existing cells and DNA and RNA are the primary source of heritable information. 3) Structure and function are correlated at all levels of organization from cells to organisms. 4) Organisms interact with their environment and ecology studies these relationships.

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Intro - Unifying Themes in The Study of Life

The document discusses the key concepts of biology including: 1) Biology is hierarchical with each level building on the lower levels down to the basic unit of structure and function - the cell. 2) Cells arise from pre-existing cells and DNA and RNA are the primary source of heritable information. 3) Structure and function are correlated at all levels of organization from cells to organisms. 4) Organisms interact with their environment and ecology studies these relationships.

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A. A hierarchy of organization
B. The cellular basis of life
C. Heritable information
D. The correlation between
structure and function
E. The interaction of
organisms with their
environment
F. Unity in diversity
G. Evolution
H. Scientific process
• The living world is a hierarchy, with each level
of biological structure building on the level
below it.
The cell is an organism's basic unit of structure
and function.

1. All living organisms are composed


of cells. They may be unicellular or
multicellular.
2. The cell is the basic unit of life.
3. Cells arise from pre-existing cells.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) & RNA (Ribonucleic
Acid) – primary source of heritable information
Function is based on
structure at all levels
of organization
ECOLOGY - the branch of biology that deals with the
relations of organisms to one another and to their
physical surroundings
BIODIVERSITY -
the variety of life
on Earth
• The change in the heritable
characteristics of biological populations
over successive generations.
• A process for
experimentation
that is used to
explore
observations
and answer
questions.

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