The Science of Life

To understand how living things function and interact

To learn about non-living things only

To memorize scientific names

To avoid studying other sciences

Developing technologies

Studying the diversity of life

Building bridges

Improving agriculture

Requires energy

Displays organization

Can live without cells

Maintains homeostasis

Cells are organized into organs, which are organized into tissues, and organ systems work independently.

Specialized cells are organized into tissues, tissues are organized into organs, and organ systems work together to support an organism.

Organs are organized into cells, which are organized into tissues, and organ systems work together.

Tissues are organized into cells, which are organized into organs, and organ systems work independently.

A stimulus is the reaction to an environmental change.

A response is anything that causes a reaction in an organism.

A response is the reaction to a stimulus, which helps ensure an organism’s safety and survival.

Stimulus and response mean the same thing.

By making their own food using sunlight

By consuming other organisms

By absorbing energy from the air

By using energy from the soil

the study of life

the study of agriculture

the application of scientific knowledge

the study of plants and animals

has organs

has tissues

has one or more cells

has one or more organ systems

Cellular Basis

Growth

Homeostasis

Reproduction

reproducing as a species

a short-term change in behavior in response to a stimuli

inherited changes in response to environmental factors

change in size as an organism ages