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Emergent properties of life
respond to stimuli
homeostasis
growth and development
adaptation to environment
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Why is homeostasis important?
homeostasis is important because cells require appropriate conditions for organisms to maintain a constant internal condition even though the external environment may change
What do cells require?
cells require proper temperature, pH scale, and concentration of diverse chemicals
3 things
Cold Climate?
Polar bears have body structures to withstand low temperatures and conserve body heat
a bear
Hot Climate?
camels maintain a good amount of internal body fluids and store food in their humps to survive
In the desert
What are the 6 kingdoms of life?
Archaea (eukaryotic: methanogens), Bacteria (eukaryotic: chlamydia), Protista ( prokaryotic: Algae), Animalia (prokaryotic: panther tigris), Fungi (prokaryotic: mushroom), Plantae (prokaryotic: green plant)
3 part as well
Difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic?
prokaryotic lacks a membrane bound nucleus and eukaryotic have a membrane bound nucleus and other membrane bound organisms
2 Ways Organisms obtain energy?
sun and food
3 Assumptions that underlie all scientific inquiry?
- this is an inflexible procedure
-based on the idea that natural phenomena have natural causes
-requires evidence to logically solve the problems
What is a cell?
The smallest unit of life
What is the cell theory?
All living things that are made up of cells
Who developed the cell theory?
- Matthias Sheidon
-Theodor Schwann
-Rudolph Virchow
M.S T.Sc R.V
Ex. Inductive Reasoning
Everyone in my class have on a Gordon T-shirt at GSC, so everyone has a Gordon T-shirt
Ex. Deductive Reasoning
If I ask people do they have a Gordon t shirt, then I can tell if it's a true assumption
Description of Francesco Redi?
He was an Italian physician who tested the spontaneous generation belief
Observations?
He observed that flies swam around the meat in the open and maggots appeared on the meat
Hypothesis?
Maggots come from flies
Experiment?
He got 2 jars and put a piece of meat in both. 1 jar was left open with no top and the other had a quaze on it to keep flies out
Conclusion?
He concluded that flies are a source of maggots and spontaneous generation of maggots does not occur
What are controls important?
Because they give the baseline that the experiments subject are compared to