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Lesson Set 2
Answer these questions about the graph below:
1. How much rain fell in Mar of 1989? 2. How much more rain fell in Feb of 1990 than in Feb of 1989? 3. Which year had the most rainfall? 4. What is the wettest month on the graph? 5. What is missing from this graph?
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Skill Development What is Biology
Break the word down in to its roots.
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life the study of
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Skill Development Properties of Life
The 7 properties of life:
Cellular Organization Homeostasis Metabolism
Response to stimuli Change through time Reproduction
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Growth and Development
Skill Cellular Organization
Organism:a living thing, can carry out all of life's functions
What is an organism?
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Cell the smallest unit capable of all life functions
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Organization the high degree of order in an organism's parts and it's interaction with the living world.
Skill Homeostasis
• the maintenance of a stable internal condition
How do humans maintain their body temperature?
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Skill Metabolism
• the sum of all chemical reactions that take in and transform energy and materials from the environment
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Skill Responsiveness
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Living things must be able to respond to the external environment.
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plants bend towards sunlight
birds fluff their feathers to insulate their body in the cold
Skill Reproduction
Why is evolution an important property of life?
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Change Through Time
Important for survival in a changing world
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SkillHeredity
• the passing of genetic traits from parents to offspring
Inherited characteristics can change over generations, this is called evolution
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Reproduction
Skill Growth
What is the difference between development
and evolution?
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Development refers to a change in a single individual
during their lifetime
• all organisms grow, but at varying rates
• many organisms change as they grow, this is called development
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