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Helmuth: BIOL 102 Themes: how organisms meet environmental challenges 1. structures - function ~shape, size, arrangement or structures- function, evolutionary history example- long wings are better for gliding but harder to accelerate rapidly: long wings soaring, but not good in a forest environment that needs to go in and out of trees with quick acceleration 2. environmental constraints: ~how does an organism or structure interact with and exchange materials with its environments 3. “costs” of structures ~body requires metabolic energy and materials to build and maintain it