After reading the material in this chapter, you should be able to: Briefly describe the unifying themes that characterize the biological sciences; distinguish among the three domains of life, and the eukaryotic kingdoms; distinguish between the following pairs of terms: discovery science and hypothesisbased science, quantitative and qualitative data, inductive and deductive reasoning, science and technology.
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date]” and then answer the following question:
What kinds of activities does a scientist engage in?
• Turn in signed course contracts into basket.
• Get a textbook (Campbell) and lab manual from the
counter (side of room)
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Chapter 1
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Big Idea 1: The process of evolution drives the diversity
and unity of life
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Big Idea 2: Biological systems utilize free energy and
molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce and to maintain dynamic homeostasis
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Big Idea 3: Living systems store, retrieve, transmit and
respond to information essential to life processes
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Big Idea 4: Biological systems interact, and these systems
and their interactions possess complex properties