BIL 104- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 69 pages long!)
1 Dec 2017
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Basic features of life (basis for path of inheritance) Cells (multicellular or unicellular all carry out 7 basic functions of life) smallest living units of an organism. Ultimately everything living organisms do is to ensure survival and reproduction. Nutrition (energy source) process of nourishing material for its survival and development. Metabolism (use energy) multiple pathways of chemical biological reactions inside cell to ful ll the basic functions of life for the survival of organism/ mitochondria (energy centre of the cell) has its own dna. Growth (limitation to size/ time constraint)/ development division and differentiation into different functions (i. e. brain cells/ skin cells/ pancreatic cells etc. ) Adapt and change over time (in response to stimulus) for survival and reproduction (evolution; natural selection change over time, special characteristics favoured by environment and allow for better survival and in turn greater reproduction) Interact with external factors/ other living things.
