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1: Introduction to Biology

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  • 1.1: Themes and Concepts of Biology
    Biology is the science of life. All living organisms share several key properties such as order, sensitivity or response to stimuli, reproduction, adaptation, growth and development, regulation, homeostasis, and energy processing. Living things are highly organized following a hierarchy that includes atoms, molecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems. Organisms, in turn, are grouped as populations, communities, ecosystems, and the biosphere.
  • 1.2: The Process of Science
    Biology is the science that studies living organisms and their interactions with one another and their environments. Science attempts to describe and understand the nature of the universe in whole or in part. Science has many fields; those fields related to the physical world and its phenomena are considered natural sciences. A hypothesis is a tentative explanation for an observation.
  • 1.E: Introduction to Biology (Exercises)

Thumbnail: A cluster of E. coli bacteria. (Public Domain; via Wikimedia Commons).


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