Introduction to Biology Presentation

Lesson Overview

Today’s goals:

• Understand what Biology is

• Identify characteristics of living things

• Distinguish living from non-living

• Explore why Biology matters

Multiple Choice

Is a plant living, nonliving, or once alive? 

• All of the above
• Living
• Nonliving
• Once alive

Multiple Choice

Which Characteristics of Living Things is represented by the picture?

• Maintain Homestasis

• Made of Cells

• Respond to stimuli

• same chemical make up

Multiple Choice

Which student has the best argument based on the evidence gathered during their observations?

• Student 1, The specimen is living because it is made of cells and responds to stimuli

• Student 2, The specimen is not living because it did not grow or develop

• Student 3, The specimen is living because it is made of cells and can move

• Student 4, I dont care science sucks.

Multiple Choice

What are the basic building blocks of life?

• Atoms
• Cells
• Tissues
• Organs

Multiple Choice

What is a consumer? 

• Organism that creates their own food.
• Organism that eat other organisms for energy
• Organism that eat other dead organisms

Multiple Choice

Biology is the science of:

• Humanity

• Medicine

• Life

• Love

Multiple Choice

It is NOT important for everyone to be scientifically literate.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

Multiple Choice

The first step in the scientific method is to 

• form a hypothesis
• ask a question
• state the conclusion
• conduct an experiment

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic shared by all living organisms?

• Ability to move
• Ability to grow and develop
• Made up of one or more cells
• Responds to stimuli

Open Ended

Why is it important to study biology in our everyday lives?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following branches of biology focuses on the study of inheritance and variation?

• Botany

• Ecology

• Genetics

• Zoology

Multiple Select

Which of the following are characteristics of living things according to MRS GREN?

• Movement

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Excretion

Multiple Choice

Which is the BEST description of biology?

• the study of humans and animals
• the study of life and living things
• the study of health care
• the study of humans, plants, and animals

Open Ended

Do you have any questions or would you like to know more about any topic in biology?