BIOL 208 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Covalent Bond, Oxygen, Memory
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The past: not easy transport of goods and people. Keys to a healthy diet: energy, macronutrients, carbohydrates, proteins, fats. 9: chemical spare parts, carbs, protein, fats, essential nutrients, vitamins, minerals: salt, iron, certain fatty acids, certain amino acids. Science: method of determining which things are true or false about the world, figuring out how the world works, systematic observation. Looking out at the world: writing things down, mostly comes from observational studies, manipulating/ changing a variable to see what happens, most trusted. Scientific method: observations, questions, hypotheses, predictions, tests, results, support or falsify hypothesis, form a new hypothesis or test further. Peer reviewed: people with expertise reviewing work; science as self correcting, levels of nutrition experiments, biochemical, cells, animals, humans, critical elements for a well designed experiment, experiment is controlled, treatment vs control group, adequate sample sizes. Cons: weak inference of causation, few ethical limitations, cross sectional study, survey.
