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Welcome to Biol 178 Principles of Biology

Welcome to Biol 178 Principles of Biology. Course goals Course information Text Grading Syllabus Lab Chapter Organization. Chapter Organization. Concept Outline Text Concept Review Test Your Understanding Test Your Visual Understanding. Lecture Outline. Definition of Life

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Welcome to Biol 178 Principles of Biology

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  1. Welcome to Biol 178 Principles of Biology • Course goals • Course information • Text • Grading • Syllabus • Lab • Chapter Organization

  2. Chapter Organization • Concept Outline • Text • Concept Review • Test Your Understanding • Test Your Visual Understanding

  3. Lecture Outline • Definition of Life • Properties of Life • Hierarchical Organization • Unifying Themes of Science • Scientific Method

  4. What is Biology? • Study of life • Search for order in the natural world • Discovery of new relationships • Learn working rules that allow life to exist

  5. Properties of Life • Cellular organization • Order • Sensitivity • Growth, development, and reproduction • Genetic system  DNA • Energy utilization • Evolutionary adaptation • Homeostasis

  6. Hierarchical Organization of Life • Population Level • Organism Level • Cell Level

  7. LifeLevels of OrganizationPopulations…Among Organisms • Biosphere • Ecosystem • Community • Population

  8. LifeLevels of OrganizationWithin Organisms • Organ systems • Organs • Tissues • Cells

  9. LifeLevels of OrganizationWithin Cells • Organelles • Macromolecules • Molecules & Atoms

  10. LifeLevels of Organization • Among organisms • Within Organisms • Within Cells

  11. Consequences of Hierarchical organization • Emergent properties • New properties arise at each higher level • Make life difficult to define

  12. Unifying Themes of Science • 1. Cell theory • All living organisms are made of cells, and all living cells come from other living cells. • 2. Molecular basis of inheritance • DNA encodes genes • Genes make-up & control living organisms.

  13. Unifying Themes of Science • 3. Evolutionary change • Life-forms have evolved varying characteristics to adapt to varied environments. • 4. Evolutionary conservation • Some characteristics of earlier organisms are preserved and passed on to future generations.

  14. Summary: Unifying Themes of Science • 1. Cell theory • 2. Molecular basis of inheritance • 3. Evolutionary change • 4. Evolutionary conservation

  15. Scientific Inquiry – How is Science Done? • Discovery Science • Observing • Measuring • Hypothesis-based Science • Scientific Method • Proposing & Testing hypotheses • Inductive & deductive logic

  16. Reasoning • Deductive reasoning • Apply general principles to predict specific results • Inductive reasoning • Use specific observations to construct general principles

  17. How Science Is Done 1. Observation: Begins science 2. Hypothesis: accounts for observations Educated guess Inductive Reasoning  Generalization 3. Prediction: Allows test of hypothesis validity Deductive Reasoning  specific outcome 4. Experiment: Tests hypothesis validity 5. Controlled experiment: • One variable • Control

  18. How Science Is Done

  19. Limitations of Science • Hypothesis can NOT be proven true • Truth Table • Hypothesis Prediction • True True • False False or True

  20. Limitations of Science • Science does not prove hypotheses are true. • Science proves that some hypotheses are not true. • Hypotheses not proven false are conditionally accepted.

  21. Hypotheses, Theories & Laws • Hypothesis • a tentative explanation. • Scientific Theory • Accepted explanation. • Supported by experimental evidence. • Solid ground of science. • A well-supported hypothesis. • Scientific Law • Scientific knowledge accepted as true. • An extremely well-supported hypothesis.

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