Biology and the Citizen
About This Book
1.1 Themes and Concepts of Biology Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: - Identify and describe the properties of life - Describe the levels of organization among living things - List examples of different subdisciplines in biology Watch this video about Evolution by Natural Selection. Biology is the science that studies life. What exactly is life? This may sound like a silly question with an obvious answer, but it is not easy to define life. For example, a branch
| Category | science |
|---|---|
| Subject | Biology, life sciences |
| Year | 2023 |
| Authors | |
| Chapters | 25 |
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| Price | |
| Institution | Utah State University |
| License | Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Chapters
- 1.1 Themes and Concepts of Biology
- 2.2 Water
- 3.3 Eukaryotic Cells
- 3.4 The Cell Membrane
- 3.6 Active Transport
- 4.1 Energy and Metabolism
- 4.4 Fermentation
- 6.4 Prokaryotic Cell Division
- 8.1 Mendel’s Experiments
- 8.2 Laws of Inheritance
- 9.1 The Structure of DNA
- 9.2 DNA Replication
- 10.2 Biotechnology in Medicine and Agriculture
- 11.3 Evidence of Evolution
- 13.1 Prokaryotic Diversity
- 13.2 Eukaryotic Origins
- 13.4 Fungi
- 14.1 The Plant Kingdom
- 14.2 Seedless Plants
- 15.1 Features of the Animal Kingdom
- 15.3 Flatworms, Nematodes, and Arthropods
- 16.2 Population Growth and Regulation
- 16.4 Community Ecology
- 17.1 Energy Flow through Ecosystems
- 17.4 Aquatic and Marine Biomes