BIOL 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Chemical Substance, Creativity, Carl Linnaeus

• School: Auburn University
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIOL 1020
• Professor: Anne- Marie Singh

Document Summary

This generally leads to progress towards more and more reliable models of how nature works. Supernatural causes and effects cannot be proved or disproved: science and technology the goal of science is to understand nature; the goal of technology is to apply. Chapter 1: introduction themes in the study of life: biology is studied using the scientific method scientific knowledge for a specific purpose. Characteristics of living matter: living things are composed of cells, cell - the basic structural and functional unit of life consisting of living material bounded by a membrane. The smallest unit of living things capable of growth and development: unicellular - an organism consisting of a single cell, multicellular - an organism consisting of more than one cell. Includes molds and yeasts as well as mushrooms, etc: kingdom animalia complex multicellular heterotrophic organisms without cells walls. Carbon dioxide + water + light energy > carbohydrate (food) + oxygen: use such food by oxidative respiration.