KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY (KAU)

FACULTY OF SCIENCE
DEPTARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
‫)‪GENERAL BIOLOGY (BIO110‬‬

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‫)‪GENERAL BIOLOGY (BIO110‬‬

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GENERAL BIOLOGY (BIO110)

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 GENERAL BIOLOGY (BIO110)

PART II : CHEMISTRY OF LIFE

a. Basic Chemistry (Chapter 2)
b. Chemistry of Organic Molecules (Chapter 3)
PART III : THE CELL
a. Cell Structure and Function (Chapter 4)
b. Membrane Structure and Function (Chapter 5)
PART IV : THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE (Chapter 6)
PART V : MICROBIOLOGY (Chapter 7)
PART VI : PLANT (Chapter 8)
PART VII : ANIMAL (Chapter 9)
PART VIII : ECOLOGY (Chapter 10)
PART IX : GENETIC BASIS OF LIFE
a. Cell Cycle and Genetic Disorders (Chapter 11)
b. Classical Genetics and Modern Biotechnology (Chapter
PART I:
PART I: LIFE ON EARTH: An Overview
PART I: Introduction to Biology

• The term “Biology” has been derived

from bios = life and logos = science
• It is the scientific study of all living
things, called organisms.
• Organisms include bacteria, protists,
fungi, plants, & animals
1.1 HOW TO DEFINE LIFE

 Life on Earth exists in different forms and varieties.

 Humans share the planet with as many as 8.7 million
different forms of life, according to what is being billed as the
most accurate estimate yet of life on Earth.

 The Antarctic blue whale is the biggest animal on the planet,

weighing up to 400,000 pounds (approximately 33 elephants)
and reaching up to 98 feet in length.

 The smallest known

adult insect is a parasitic wasp,
Dicopomorpha echmepterygis. These tiny wasps are often called
fairyflies. Males are wingless, blind and measure only 0.005
inches (0.127 mm) long.

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Figure 1.1 Diversity of life on Planet Earth.

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 Organism

Population
Organ system

Organ

Community
Tissue
Bone cells
Cell
Nucleus
Organelle
Ecosystem
Macromolecule
Biosphere
Molecule Oxygen atom

Hydrogen atoms
Water
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Figure 1.3 a. An eagle ingesting fish. b. A human eating an apple. c. A

cypress tree capturing sunlight. d. An amoeba engulfing food. e. A
fungus feeding on a tree. f. A bison eating grass.
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Figure 1.4 Camel with their offspring.

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in the Antarctic)

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Figure 1.5 Evolutionary tree of life.

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Wolf

Eukarya

Animalia

Chordata

Mammalia

Carnivora

Canidae

Canis

C. lupus
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Figure 1.6 Domain Bacteria.

Figure 1.7 Domain Archaea.

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Figure 1.8a Domain Eukarya.

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Figure 1.8b Domain Eukarya.

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Figure 1.9 Natural selection.

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