Biology

• Biology is the study of living things
• Bio


  Means living
• Logy


  Means study
• Characteristics of living things

  1. Order

  2. Reproduction

  3. Growth and Development

  4. Energy Processing

  5. Responds to the environment

  6. Regulation

  7. Evolutionary Adaptation
• Order

  Highly ordered structure that typifies life
• Reproduction

  Organisms reproduce their own kind
• Growth and Development

  Inherited information in the form of DNA controls the pattern of growth and development
• Energy Processing

  Organisms utilize chemical energy to power activities and reactions
• Responds to the environment

  All organisms respond to environmental stimuli
• Regulation

  Mechanisms regulate an organism's internal environment, also called homeostasis
• Evolutionary Adaptation

  Adaptations evolve over many generations
• Lions use camouflage to blend in with the savanna
• A lemur sunbathes to help raise its body temperature on cold mornings
• Many living things like insects, birds, and animals have the same properties as humans
• Living cells are the basis of complex organization
• Inherited information in the form of DNA controls the pattern of growth and development of all organisms
• Organisms respond to environmental stimuli
• Many types of mechanisms regulate an organism's internal environment