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What are the unifying themes that tie together the field of biology?
Cells, hereditary information, evolution, energy processing, and regulation of internal environments
Why is energy processing important to life?
It allows organisms to move, grow, and reproduce.
What levels of organization can biologists study life at?
From the molecular biology of a cell to the anatomy and physiology of plants and animals, and evolution of populations.
How do biologists use the scientific method in their research?
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What are the major forms of life that biologists study and classify?
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Biologists study life at multiple levels of organization, from the molecular biology of a cell to the anatomy and physiology of plants and animals, and ______ of populations
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Life on Earth, which emerged more than 3.7 billion years ago, is immensely diverse. Biologists have sought to study and classify the various forms of life, from prokaryotic organisms such as archaea and bacteria to eukaryotic organisms such as protists, fungi, plants, and ______
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Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent ______
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For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary information encoded in genes, which can be transmitted to future ______
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Another major theme is evolution, which explains the unity and diversity of ______
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