Biology: THE STUDY OF LIFE

What Does A Biologist Do?

• Biologist study the interactions of living things with other living things and their environments.– Zoologist–Botanist– Ichthyologist– Entomologist– Ecologist

LIFEThe study of life ranges from very simple single

celled organisms

To extremely complex multi-cellular organisms!

The Characteristics Of Life

All living things,

no matter how different they are from one another

share 8 common characteristics.

This occurs within an individual’s lifetime.

This occurs over many generations over a very

long period of time.