BIO SCI 55 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bladder Cancer, Resource Consumption, Planned Obsolescence

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Lecture 6 ( last lecture before the first midterm) To a conservationist or a biologist, what is the significance of the tropics: have a mindset of ecological fallacy, conservation/ ecological implication. High gnp allows countries/ regions to live beyond their means. Most of world population found in the third world. Population groeth rates are greatest in the third world. Most of the world biodiversity found in the third world tropic. Consider this experiment on the relationship between food sweeteners ad bladder cancer a theory is: a set of interrelated statements with empirical examples, interrelated statements-- well confirmed hypotheses. Is not the same as hypotheses carrying capacity ( k: period of exponential groeth of willow tree, the number of species the environment can support. Republican vs democrat: what polls show. Sierra clib: sierra club ( an environmental organization, sierra club east.