1. Summerlin Military Academy
Biology
Summerlin Military Academy

2. Chapter 1
Biology
Study of living things

3. What is Life?
1. Biosphere – earth: includes all organisms, water, land, and air. (the make-up of the earth)
2. Organisms – living things

4. What is Life?
Spontaneous generation theory – the thought that living things come from non-living things (bees / flies) this theory has been dis-proven

5. Life
Biogenesis – living things come from other living things
they may or may not look like the parent(s)
examples: butterflies, frogs, humans, plants

6. Life
Life Organization: how do we put order to living things? There are so many, we must have a way to know what we are talking about, no matter where in the world we are.

7. Living things
Cell – smallest unit of living things. Some organisms are made of only 1 cell (unicellular) others are made up of many cells (multi-cellular)
The cell is the “Basic Unit of Life”

8. Living things
Energy – ability to do work (this can change matter from one state to another)
Ice to Water to Steam

9. Growth- increase in size of a living thing.
Living Things
Growth- increase in size of a living thing.
Development – change in shape and / or form of a living thing.

10. Living things
Reproduction – making of new cells from living cells that already exist.
Response – how living things react to an outside stimuli.

11. Living things
Adaptation – response over a LONG term and then these responses are passed down from one generation to another. (appendix / hair)

12. Levels of Organization
Smallest to largest levels:
Atom molecule cell tissues organ system organism population community ecosystem

13. Tissues – like cells working together for a function.
Organization
Tissues – like cells working together for a function.
Organs – several tissues (different types often) working together for a specific purpose.

14. System – several organs working together for a common purpose.
Organization
System – several organs working together for a common purpose.

15. Organization
Organism – A living thing, made up of several systems that can function in it’s own in a niche.
Niche – a small environment where organisms do well and flourish. (area just their own)

16. Scientific Method
Making predictions, designing experiments, testing theory(s), observing and interpreting data.

17. Lab Report
1. Title- Name for the lab or experiment
2. Hypothesis or Purpose: - why we do the lab, what are we doing. Explained in 1 or 2 sentences. (logical guess)

18. Lab Report
3. Materials – Items and equipment needed for the lab. (often in a list format)
4. Procedure - How to do the lab (dry example or walk through) t his should have details

19. Lab Report
5. Data / Observation – what is taking place,
What do you see or observe? Charts, graphs, times, pictures, drawings, etc.
Details, details, details!

20. DATA Example terms variable: what changes in the experiment?
Control / constant: what we compare everything in that lab to
theory: is a well tested hypothesis. Lasts over time…..

21. Lab Report
6. Conclusion - result, explanation for the lab results. Possible future lab ideas (new questions, new hypothesis and or theory)

22. Homework :due Candle/Observation Lab 100/100
You must design, execute, and complete a lab on the observation of a candle burning. Include each phase of the lab report and all the pertinent information for each area. You must observe the candle for a minimum of 10 minutes.
You must have a drawing
You must have details
You must have color

23. Reading
Read Chapter 1 in the Biology text book. Pay close attention to the term in bold print if need be define those in your notes, if you do not know them or I have not covered them you may see them again. Also look at the section review questions, make sure you can answer them, this shows that you did “get what the reading was about.