BIOL 1201 Lecture : Week 1 Biol 1201 Notes
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What is science: understanding the natural world, study of how the world works. What do scientists do: make observations & attempt to discern patterns, assume that the future is like the past. Terminology: hypothesis-, theory a hypothesis that has been tested many many times and has not been proven wrong, it has always been supported, law theory that has continued to be tested and is always supported. The process of gaining and releasing energy through chemical bonds; made of organic matter. What are the characteristics of life: requires oxygen, reproduction, requires resources, cells, evolves/adaptable, responds to the environment, organization*, energy use**, gas exchange, development; changing through your lifetime, evolve, respond to the environment ** reproduction** Basic chemistry: we are going to begin by using a reductionist approach. Nature: what are the sizes of biologically important structures log scale solubility (demo) "like dissolves like" atoms: smallest unit of matter separable by normal chemical means.
