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Life on Earth
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Life on Earth |
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| At a Glance |
  
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- The Characteristics of Living Things
- Living things are both complex and organized.
- Living things must acquire and use materials and energy.
- Homeostasis maintains relatively constant internal conditions.
- Growth is a property of all living organisms.
- Living things respond to stimuli.
- Living things reproduce themselves.
- Living things have the capacity to evolve.
- The Diversity of Life
- Members of the kingdom monera are prokaryotic cells; members of all other kingdoms are composed of eukaryotic cells.
- Members of the kingdoms monera and protista are mostly unicellular; members of the kingdoms fungi, plantae, and animalia are primarily multicellular.
- Members of the different kingdoms have different ways of acquiring energy.
- Biology: The Science of Life
- Scientific principles underlie all scientific inquiry.
- The scientific method is the basis for scientific inquiry.
- Science is a human endeavor.
- Scientific theories have been thoroughly tested.
- Evolution: The Unifying Concept of Biology
- Three natural processes underlie evolution.
- Knowledge of Biology Illuminates Everyday Life
- Living things are both complex and organized.
