Biology is the scientific study of

Biology is the scientific study of life.
You are starting your study of biology during its most exciting era.
The largest and best-equipped community of scientists in history is beginning to solve problems that once seemed unsolvable.
Biology is an ongoing inquiry about the nature of life.
Life’s basic characteristic is a high degree of order.
Each level of biological organization has emergent properties.
Biological organization is based on a hierarchy of structural levels, each building on the levels below.
At the lowest level are atoms that are ordered into complex biological molecules.
Biological molecules are organized into structures called organelles, the components of cells.
Cells are the fundamental unit of structure and function of living things.