Coggle #3
Ecology
DNA
study of interactions between organisms and their enviroment
History of DNA
All life on Earth and the environment is the Biosphere.
Levels of Organization
Community - group of different populations
Ecosystem - all organisms plus the enviroment
Population - species that live in the same area
Biome - group of different ecosystems that share similar climate and organisms
Species - group of similar organisms, that can reproduce
Biotic Factors - living parts of an environment
Abiotic Factors - nonliving parts of an environment
herbivore - animal that eats plants
scavenger - an animal that feeds dead plant material
omnivore - a living that eats both plants and animals
producer - something that makes their own food
Characteristics of Living Things
are composed of cells
use energy
they can grow
they can reproduce
they maintain homeostasis
1928 - Griffith Experiment
1944 - Avery, Macleod, McCarthy
1917 - Spanish Flu
1950's - Chargaff, Franklin (Women) Watson and Crick
Mouse Pneumoccus
Smooth Pneumoccus (Virulent)
Rough Pneumoccus (Non Virulent)
Hershey and Chase
Nucleic Acid (p35) Protein Shell (have sulfur) 37
the DNA has the shape of a (double helix)
helicase - unzips the genes and breaks H- Bonds
Chargaff - A=T C=G
Franklin - shot a picture of DNA
Watson and Crick - figured out what DNA looks like
The link between all the chapters is how each part of the human body, ecosystem, and atmosphere all play a role to benefit each other and strive off of each other.