Introduction to Biology

Biology is the science of:

• Humanity

• Medicine

• Life

• Love

You were invited to job shadow a biologist at their job for a week. Which of the following types of work would be most expect the biologist to be performing?

• Sorting through recycling bins, making sure to separate the glass and plastics.

• Studying the cause of a devastating fungal wood infection in the redwood forest.

• Measuring the amounts of air pollution in the atmosphere outside of the city.

• Weighing moon rocks.

It is NOT important for everyone to be scientifically literate.

• True

• False

We have learned everything we can about agriculture, so there is no need to continue to do research on it.

• True

• False

An organism is:

• Anything that has or once had all the characteristics of life

• Anything on the planet earth.

• Anything containing atoms.

• A group of like minded people that gather for a common purpose.

Why do organisms need to have levels of organization?

• If they didn't they would not be able to carry out the functions of life.

• If they didn't, the organism would just be an unorganized blob of cells... eww.

What is the smallest living thing on this list?

• Atom

• Smallest premature baby ever born

• Single celled organism

• Fertilized chicken egg

Wake up!! Watch out!! Mrs. Das is throwing a marker at your face!! You would probably duck... What is this an example of?

• Growth and Development

• Adaptation or Evolution

• Maintaining Homeostasis

• Response to a stimuli

Growth and development are lumped together a lot, however, development specifically is:

• The process of natural changes that take place over an organisms lifespan. Newborn --> Adult

• The change in mass of an organism only.

• How smart the organism gets as it learns through its' life.

INFER: Why do roses have thorns on their stems?

• Thorns hurt if you grab them to pick them, so roses have thorns to keep animals from picking or eating them.

• Because Bret Michaels told us that "Every Rose Has Its' Thorns".

• "Because my mamma told me so" Bobby Boucher