This document of BIO 101 Week 2 Discussion Questions shows the solutions to the following problems: DQ 1: What are DNA‚ chromosomes‚ and genes? How are the terms similar? How are they different? DQ 2: Choose TWO of the following topics. Define each of your choices and list some pros and cons involved with each. Try to use examples that you find interesting and/or current research in your responses as much as possible. BIO 101 Week 1 Individual Assignment What Is Life BIO 101 Week 2 Individual
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monitored and recorded. Introduction In this experiment‚ two rounds of artificial selection on a population of Wisconsin Fast Plants‚ also known as “Brassica rapa” were performed. Artificial Selection is when humans decide which organism can reproduce. What is being tested is if there would
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EXERCISE 3 PHYSICO-CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN THE CELL ACTIVITY SHEET BROWNIAN MOVEMENT: 1. What is Brownian movement? - 2. Is there a difference in the speed of movement among the different sized particles of India ink? If so‚ explain the difference. - 3. Is there a difference in the speed of movement of the India ink particles in hot and cool slides? If so‚ explain. - DISPERSION SYSTEMS IN PROTOPLASM 4. DEFINE THE FF: a. Solute: The dissolve matter in a solution; The component
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Fly Lab Shannon Ladd Introduction: Famers and herders have been selectively breeding their plans and animals to produce more useful hybrids for thousands of years. It was somewhat of a hit or miss process since the actual mechanisms governing inheritance were unknown. Knowledge of these genetic mechanisms finally came as a result of careful laboratory breeding experiments carried out over the last century and a half. A contributing geneticist named Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)‚ discovered through
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BIO EXAM 1 BUILDING BLOCKS Aminoacids->Proteins->Enzymes Glucose=Polysaccrides Glyseral=Fat Molecule Neoclotides= DNA & RNA CRITERIA OF LIFE: (5) A. Biology: What is it?: BIOLOGY: is the scientific study of life B. What is life? -- Criteria for life: All living organisms have similar properties -composed of cells made up of macromolecules -growth‚ development & reproduction -heritable information in the form of DNA -sensitivity to stimuli -homeostasis (maintenance of internal environment)
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General Biology Endangered Animal Species Report Sarah Finnegan Bachman ’s Sparrow II. Physical Characteristics: Relatively small in size ‚plain brown in color with reddish streaks‚ cone shaped bills‚ pale brown faces‚ long brown tails ‚ reddish brown backs‚ pale white breast ‚ brownish-red crown. Length 12.2 to 15.2 cm Weight 21 grams III. Food: Forage on the ground for seeds of herbaceous plants and pines‚ and for insects. Insescts include beetles‚ bugs‚ grasshoppers
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melanogaster: Mutant Fruit Flies Jessica E. Phillips Genetics 3301 April 13‚ 2012 Introduction: Drosophila melanogaster better known as the fruit fly can be found near rotting fruits‚ vegetables‚ or anywhere where there is food that has rotted and or fermented. (Potter‚ 2010) D. melanogaster has four different stages in its life cycle. The first stage of D. melanogaster is the egg which can last for about one day; then turns into a larva. The larva stage last for about 7-8 days. Once the
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Bio Lab Report Erica Patterson September 10‚2013 Intro to cellular and molecular Biology Lab Abstract: In the Biology Laboratory Manual by Darrell S. Vodopich and Randy Moore are results to a similar experiment. The studied the hypothesis of carbon dioxide production by yeast fed sugar is not significantly different than the carbon dioxide production by the yeast fed in protein. Their hypothesis is the one that has helped formulate ours. We also will be answering the same to questions “What
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Room 5 of the West House‚ in Akrotiri was 6 metres long‚ and classified as a miniature‚ which depicted a journey of a fleet of various ships‚ making a journey from one area of land to another. This fresco enables the observer to collect information about key elements of Theran society‚ such as the island’s inhabitants‚ and their roles and places in that society‚ the importance of maritime activity‚ and the definite class system established in the community. Aspects of the island itself are also revealed
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Fruit can make electricity!? Title: Fruit can make electricity!? I. Purpose The purpose of this activity is to find out if electricity can be made from some fruits. II. Hypothesis Fruits can generate electricity III. Procedure A. Research Electricity Is one type of energy or power. The electricity in one form or another is all around us. For example‚ our bodies and other living things have electricity in them. By controlling the electricity around us‚ by making it work for us‚ we have changed
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