BIO 1130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3,20,31: Termite, Hadean, Homeostasis

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 1130
• Professor: Jon Houseman

Document Summary

All made up of cells, all obey the same fundamental laws of physics and chemistry, same types of elements and atoms found in both. Displays order unit of life life acquires energy from environment, uses it to maintain highly ordered state: organisms arranged in highly ordered manner, cell being fundamental. Reproduces: ability to make more of their own kind. Responds to stimuli: adjustments made to structure, function, and behaviour in response to external environment. Exhibits homeostasis relatively constant: ability to regulate internal environment such that conditions remain. Grows and develops o: ability to change over time to better adapt to environment increase size by size increase and/or increase in # of cells. Some organisms such as viruses, although consisting of nucleic acids (dna and. Rna), lack cellular machinery and metabolism to use that genetic information to synthesize their own proteins therefore are not considered biotic organisms. Mounds built based on local conditions one by one until structure is finished.