BIOL 1020 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Hydrogen Bond, Hydroxy Group, Carboxylic Acid

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Biological Sciences
• Course: BIOL 1020
• Professor: Michael P.Shaw

Document Summary

Unifying theme of biology: evolution: nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution . Evolution by natural selection: a population produces more offspring can survive, the suitable traits will become more and more common in the population. Individuals with traits best suited for the current local environment will survive an reproduce. Evolution has been directly observed on short time scales: artificial selection: pesticide and antibiotic resistance, experiments, field observations. Case study: describe the pattern in wing length observed by cliff swallows over time. If you don"t get a predicted result, that results to another hypothesis/prediction and becomes more experimental thing. Theories in biology: broad scope, supported by a large body of evidence, generate testable hypothesis, theory of gravity, theory of evolution, atomic theory. Traditional biological knowledge: biological knowledge essential for survival, indigenous people has knowledge for boctany (plants) for traditional medicines, zoology (animals) for hunting, fishing and aquaculture, and ecology *ecosystems) for interactions, interconnectedness among organisms.