Biology 1225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Indep, Asteroid Family, Sampling Error
25 Oct 2015
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Chapter 1: invitation to biology. 1. 1 the secret life of earth. A rhododendron plant with flowers the size of a plate. Frogs the size of a pea a. b. Came across hundreds of species on the verge of extinction in other parts of the world. Came across species that were thought to be extinct. Biology: the scientific study of life. Gives us understanding of the large amount of life on earth. Gives us perspective on where we fit in. Hundreds of new species are discovered every year. 20 species become extinct every minute in the rain forrest. Rate of extinction is approx. Human activities are responsible for the acceleration. 1. 2 life is more than the sum of it"s parts. Living things are too diverse and consists of basic components as non- living things. Roundness: organization in one way, but not in other ways. Different structures can be assembled from the same basic building blocks. Levels of organization in nature:
