BIOL 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, Robert Hooke, Pedometer
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Overview of bilogical science 1 and 2: biology terminology, derived fro(cid:373) the (cid:862)stud(cid:455) of life(cid:863, covers many sub-disciplines. Botany plants: ex: sunflower (movement derives from sunflower being able to catch more sunlight) Zoology animals: from single cells, to an organism, microbiology (seen as a community/population, bacterium (present yet not visible, cell types, eukaryotic cells (membrane-bound nucleus) Plant (have cell walls), animal, and fungi cells: prokaryotic cells (no membrane-bound nucleus) Pedometer hypothesis: ants know distance away from nest due to tracking the number of steps taken (since they know their stride length) Experiments allow for the testing of a single, well-defined factor (ensuring that you have pinpointed something: experimental setup attempt in changing the stride. 2 variables (stilts added, legs cut short) and 1 constant (normal legs: elements of a well-designed experiment. Control group (check the influence of the other factors on influencing the outcome)
