BIOL 1201 : BioTest1
Document Summary
Intro: what is science, science is the output of a process known as the scientific method. What do scientists do: make observations, attempt to discern patters (create models, assume that the future is like the past, laws of physics won"t change tomorrow. What is life: reproduction, movement, evolution, change in environment, growth, Basic chemistry: we are going to begin by using a reductionist approach. Scale of nature: what are the sizes of biologically important structures: what scales are biologists interested in, atomic: 10^-8, community/ecosystem: 10^6. Importance atomic structure: organisms are composed of 11 basic elements, value of these chemicals for a human are ,000, different organizations create different things. What determines solubility: like dissolves like, like in terms of polarity, compounds with the same level of polarity dissolve in one another, polar solutes dissolve in polar solutes, non polar solutes dissolve in non polar solutes.
