BIOL 1201 : Biology 1201 Exam 1
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Check moodle for course info, read it all. Assume that the future is like the past. Indirectly: science cannot answer all questions, only phenomenon you can observe. What is life: growth, reproduction*, evolve [(evolution) population level]/adapt- individually & population wise, responds to environment & stimulus, organization** (all the way down to molecular level, energy use** (i. e. eating, development (changing over time) (smallest level) 10^-8 meters --- 10^6 meters (largest level) Reductionist: reduce everything down to its smallest component"s parts which tells you a lot about component (start here for 1201) Wholist: studying system as a whole to understand what is going on start at one end & move to the other (cannot start in middle) Organisms composed of largely 11 basic elements: hydrogen, oxygen, etc. Difference between chemicals & you (,000 & you) Like dissolves like: like in terms of polarity, polar solutes dissolve in polar solvents, nonpolar solutes dissolve in nonpolar solvents.
