Biology

1. Biology

2. Biology • The goal of biology is to investigate and understand the natural world, to explain events in the natural world, ad to use those explanations to make useful predictions.

3. Biology • noun • Science that seeks to understand the living world.

4. Biology • Bio = life

5. Biology • ology = the study of

6. Biology • Biology = the study of life

7. Biology • Say three times • “Biology is the study of life”

8. organism

9. organism • Organisms and their environment are interdependent.

10. organism • noun • An individual living thing that can react to stimuli, reproduce, grow, and maintain homeostasis.

11. organism • Something that is alive.

12. organism • Turn to your partner and say … • “Biology is the study of life. _______ is a living organism.”

13. biotic factor

14. biotic factor • Biotic factors that influence a bullfrog might include the tiny plants and algae it eats as a tadpole, the herons that eat the adult frog, and other species that compete with the bullfrog for food and space.

15. biotic factor • noun • The biological influences on organisms within an ecosystem

16. biotic factor • Bio = life • Something living that impacts another living organism.

17. biotic factor • Turn to your partner and say … • “_________ is a biotic factor that affects me”

18. abiotic factor

19. abiotic factor • The bullfrog is affected by abiotic factors such as the availability of water and the temperature of the air.

20. abiotic factor • noun • Physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem.

21. abiotic factor • prefix “a” means NOT • If “bio” means life, “abio” means notlife (or not alive) • Something NOT alive that impacts a living organism.

22. abiotic factor • Turn to your partner and say … • “_________ is an abiotic factor in our classroom”