Themes of Life

What's important?

(17% of focus)

• Describe the characteristics of life shared by all prokaryotic & eukaryotic organisms
• Compare cellular stuctures & their functions in prokaryotic & eukaryotic cells
• Desribe & interpret relationships between structure & function at various levels of biological organization (i.e. organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems and multicellular organisms)'
• Describe the unique properties of water and how these properties support life on Earth (freezing point, high specific heat, cohesion)
• Distinguish between the scientific terms: hypothesis, inference, law, theory, principle, fact, observation
• Explain how organisms maintain homeostasis (e.g. thermoregulation, water regulation, oxygen regulation)

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