Chapter 1 Biology is the scientific study of life Properties of life: order, evolutionary adaptation, response to the environment, regulation, energy processing, growth and development, reproduction Ecosystem Dynamics Producers Plants and other organisms that convert sunlight into chemical energy Consumers Organisms that utilize (feed) on producers or other consumers 2 Basic Cell Types Eukaryotic Large High degree of organelle organization Membrane bound genetic material (nucleus) Prokaryotic Small Little organelle organization No membrane bound genetic material Genetic Material Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells maintain heritable material (DNA)a DNA is made of strands of nucleotides which form genes (sequences of your DNA) Make us who we are