[BIOB34H3] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (48 pages long!)
28 Nov 2016
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How animals able to perform work they do objectives. *explain how animals are structurally dynamic but also structurally organized. Work: making something happen that can"t happen without energy. Work is measured in same units as energy: joules (j) 1 j = n. m = kg. m2 /ss one joule is the energy used when applying a force of one newton over one metre. An animal"s work: use chemical energy to generate molecular order. Molecular order: (the positions, shapes and chemical bonds of the molecules in your body) is what makes you who you are. When you replace each piece of wood, you replace it in the same position, constructed the same way as before but with a new piece (same) Animals are like theseus" ship, except that animals are defined by their structure right down to the microscopic level. Over course of life, body being replaced by diff molecules in body but with same structure and function.
