BIOL 1201 Chapter : BIOLOGY 1
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Weekly review sessions: fridays 1:30-3:00 a101 life sciences building. Assume that the futures is like the past. > goal of process = make really good models. Science vs. the truth--> different concepts are a different levels. Hypothesis: an explanation for something that has not been tested or tested only a few times. Theory: an explanation for something that has been tested several times, has substance, is really close to being the truth. Law: an explanation that has been tested even more and has been proven each time. The study of life-->what is life? reproduction, growth and development, response to the environment, organization, energy use (extend energy for organization), evolve. Organisms are composed largely of 11 basic elements. Value for an average human = ,000. Difference between chemicals and a human is organization of the chemicals, rather than just a pile. Like dissolves like, like in terms of polarity.
