BIOL 11000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Selective Breeding, Hierarchical Organization, Heat Capacity
11 Dec 2017
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Section 1. 1, the science of life: what makes something alive , cellular organization: all organisms consist of one or more cells, ordered complexity: all living things are complex and highly ordered. Your body is composed of many different kinds of cells, each containing many complex molecular structures: sensitivity: all organisms respond to stimuli. Section 1. 2, the nature of science: deductive reasoning, applies general principles to predict specific results, if all mammals by definition have hair, and this animal does not have hair, this animal is not a mammal. Section 1. 3, darwin & evolution: evolution: genetic change in a population of organisms. Section 1. 4, unifying themes in biology: cell theory: all living organisms consist of cells, dna: info that specifies what a cell is like is in dna, gene: a specific sequence of dna. Chapter 2: the nature of molecules & the properties of h2o. Due to hydrogen bonding: adhesion, sticks to any substance where it can form hydrogen bonds.
