Make a concept map involving the structure and thinking about biology (characteristics of living things) 1This vervet monkeybaby is exploringits new world andlearning how to findfood and stay alive. Itrepresents one of thekey characteristics oflife introduced in thischapter-replication.BIGPICTURE000This chapter is part of theBig Picture. See how onpages 16-17.Biology and the Tree of LifeIn this chapter you will learn aboutSey themes to structure your thinking about biologyAARON Onstarting withWhat does it meanto say that somethingis alive?1.1firstLife is cellular 1.2includingThree of the greatestunifying ideas in biologysecondboLife evolves 1.3includingThe process ofdoing biology 1.6and third tatLife processesinformationboth predictThe tree of life 1.5UStop1.4the Robobula sequoia trees.The goals of this chapter are to introduce the nature of life and explore how biologists go about study-ing it. The chapter also introduces themes that will resonate throughout this book:• Analyzing how organisms work at the molecular level.• Understanding organisms in terms of their evolutionary history.• Helping you learn to think like a biologist.Let's begin with what may be the most fundamental question of all: What is life?broqn essence, biological science is the study of life. It searches for ideas and observations that unify ourunderstanding of the diversity of life-from bacteria living in hot springs to humans and majestic1 ngBiologyLevels of biological organizationMBObservations(planned orchance)may involve one or manymay involve one or manyCharacteristicsof goodexperimentaldesign• Controls• Consistentexperimentalconditionslead to• Large samplesizes1.6usuallyinvolvesDOING BIOLOGYinvolves theEvidence-based study of lifeExploringthe literatureBioSkills 16leads toDefining a problemandforming a questionleads toStating a hypothesisand a null hypothesis,and making predictionsleads toDesigning a study(either observationalor experimental)to test predictionsleads toGathering dataleads toAnalyzing andinterpreting dataSkills 1-3, 6-11, 13begins withevaluatedby askingDo the data supportthe hypothesis?life 1.1Sharing ideaswith otherscientistsleads toenablesrejecthypothesis;proposealternativebol hypothesisrevisitassumptionsof studyif NOrevealsInspirationthenScientific community• Discussions withcolleaguesThe Tree of LifeDescribes theevolutionaryrelationshipsamong species1.5, Ch 25, Unit 5Scientific meetings• Peer-reviewedpublicationstoBioSkills 16CommunicatefindingsprovidesthenSocietyrelate tolargerif YESto+UStonTheoryExplains fundamentalaspects of nature..• Consistently shownto be correct afterextensive testingServes as a framework.for developing newhypothesesCell theory1.2such asandTheory of evolution1.21.3, Ch 22andChromosome theory ofinheritance 1.4, Ch 14

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A concept map uses various terms data related to that particular concept and are interconnected to…