2. What is Biology ????
The science of life and of living
organisms, including their
structure, function, growth, origin, and
distribution.
Biology includes Microbiology, Botany and
Zoology and all their subdivisions.
4. Biology: The Science of Life
• Why do we study life?
• How do we study life?
• -- a matter of scale - -
• size and time
• -- chemistry & physics --
• Which ideas & concepts guide Oldest known fossil of
cyanobacteria.
biologists?
5. Themes in the Study of Life
• 1. Levels of organization:
– The difference between living and non-living is
one of degree, not kind.
What does this mean?
– The cell is life’s basic unit of structure and
function
What is a cell?
List one example that illustrates the
interdependence of structure and function.