Biology-Lecture 1

Biology with Mrs. Kayl

Topics: Characteristics of Life
Standards B2.3B
Before Class
Fun:
Whats your
favorite
animal?

Warm-up:
cant?

What qualifies something as living? What do living things do that non-living things

1. Goals today
a. Understand the ________________________ of life.
b. Understand why it is important for
___________________________________ to obtain and use energy, grow,
and maintain their structure.
c. Understand the meaning of ___________________________.

2. Organisms take in energy from their _______________________________.

a. An organism is a _______________ thing.
b. All organisms ____________, ______________, and
_____________________.

3. One of the primary activities of life is

____________________ and ______________ energy.

4. Most of the energy on Earth comes from the __________.

a. _____________ comes in different forms.
b. Plants, algae, and a few others have structures that let them capture
_____________ energy.
c. Animals eat plants, and then _____________________ animals eat these
animals and use the chemical energy.

5. Living things convert _____________________ from one form to another

a. These reactions involve processes for capturing suns energy,
processing the ____________________ energy of food, building
__________________, breaking down ______________________, and
moving _________________.
b. _____________________- the total of all chemical reactions in the

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6. All life is made of _________________.
a. The cell is the smallest structure that has the ability to carry out all
the ______________________ of life.
i. Cells _____________, _______________, reproduce, pass genetic
information, _______________________.
ii. Some organisms have _____________ cells, others just one.

7.

Living things maintain a constant set of __________________________.

a. ____________________-the ability to maintain a constant set of internal
conditions despite changes in the environment.

b. It involves ______________________ many different

conditions.
i. Such as water, __________________, and nutrients.

8. Organisms _________________ to their environment.

a. Such as ____________in birds.

b. Such as _______________ and sweating in people

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9. _____________________ is a key principle in the study of life.

By understanding the principles of __________, biologists try to piece
together a better understanding of the connections between living things
and between the parts of any _________ living organism

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10. The basic unit of life is the _____.

a. The cell is the most basic and essential part of an organism.
b. The cell is the factory where the components of an organism are
___________, and it is the __________ ____________that provides the
organism with the energy it needs to survive.
c. The cell contains __________material, which gives the cell the

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11. Some organisms are made of only ______

cell, yet they still meet the
________________ of life.
a. A single bacterial cell is capable of growing, ________________,
reproducing, and ________________ to its environment.
b. Bacterial cells also have a complex ________________and maintain
__________________.

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12. Multicell organisms have ______________ cells.

a. Unlike bacteria, you are made up of ________________of cells.
b. Skin cells are fairly ________ in shape and contain a pigment
called______________, which helps protect your skin from
___________________ rays.
c.
_________ cells and ____________ cells are examples of specialized
cells.

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Multicellular organisms levels of organization: _____ ______ _____
______ ______.
a. There are 4 major types of tissue in the body:
i. ___________________tissues are cells that cover body surfaces.
ii. ___________________ tissues support and strengthen other tissues.
iii. Muscle tissues cause the body to ___________.
iv. Nerve tissues run through the other three, ___________________ and

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14. Specialized cells and tissues make up ____________, and groups of

organs make up organ ________________
a. An organ is made up of _______ or more tissues and has a
_______________function.
b. The highest level or organization in your body is the ______________
____________.
c. Organs in your body are arranged into organ ______________, or

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15. The ______________ of each component in a living organism reflects its

________________.
a. The shape (__________) of a bird's beak, for example, often reflects
how the bird eats (____________).
b. The _________ ____________ is lined with millions of small projections
of tissue that provide ample __________ _______ for the absorption of
nutrients from food.

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16.Living organisms are made of __________ compounds that contain

_____________.
a. Living organisms are made of types of molecules called __________
compounds.
b. Each of these molecules is based on the element ___________.

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17. Life on earth is organized into _______________, _____________________,

__________________, and ___________________.
a. An ___________________ is a limited geographical area that has similar
biotic (living) and abiotic (_______________) factors
b. Examples; a log or a forest.

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18. Communities and ecosystems include different types of _______________ that

interact with one another.
a. A _______________________ is a group of species that interact and live in the
same place.
b. A ______________________ are groups of individuals of the same species.
c. A ______________________ is a larger geographical area containing several
ecosystems and dominated by specific kinds of plants and animals.

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19. Disruption to part of an _________________________ can affect the

whole ecosystem.

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20. Organisms sense, respond, and interact with their

_______________________.
a. __________________- temporary ponds after snow melt.
b. Response allows organisms to maintain ______________________.

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21.

___________________ help organisms survive and reproduce.

a. _____________________ adaptation is a characteristic or behavior that is
inherited
b. Natural ___________________ is the concept that allows animals more
fit for their environment to reproduce and pass genes.

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22. Evolution can help explain how _________________ and ecosystems are
organized.
a. Organisms adjust to their ___________________ conditions.
b. Diversity came about through _______________ because populations
adapt to different environment.

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23. Organisms pass ______________ material DNA to offspring.

a. ________________ is adaptations passed from parents to offspring.
b. DNA (Deoxy_______________________) molecule that contains genes.

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24. Changes in _____________ characteristics over many

generations lead to _________________.