elements and compounds. It motivates me to think that I could contribute to new discoveries tha would improve people’s standard of lives and their well being. Biology also plays a vital role in my education in discovering the answers to many profound questions about the very essence of life. I developed a special affinity towards biology and chemistry
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BIOLOGY Biology is the study of life -- life in all of its grandeur. From the very small algae to the very large elephant‚ life has a certain wonder about it. With that in mind‚ how do we know if something is living? Is a virus alive or dead? What are the characteristics of life? These are all very important questions with equally important answers. Characteristics of Life Living tings include both the visible worlds of animals and plants as well as the invisible world of bacteria and viruses.On
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Biology – HSC Online Extract from Biology Stage 6 Syllabus (Amended October 2002) © Board of Studies‚ NSW 9.2 Maintaining a balance: 1. Temperature range Background: All organisms are adapted to a particular environment with its characteristic temperature range. The temperature range allows the organism’s enzymes to control its metabolism by operating at their optimum efficiency within this range. Some organisms are adapted to live at high temperatures (80 - 100oC) and these are called thermophiles
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1. There are two main types of cells‚ prokaryotic and eukaryotic. The connection between the two can be seen right from their prefixes‚ pro meaning before and eu meaning true or good. This is because prokaryotic cells are before a nucleus and eukaryotic cells possess a true nucleus. This has led to many theories that eukaryotic cells have evolved from prokaryotes. The evidence for this is most noticeable in the structure of the cells‚ which will be compared below. Prokaryotic cells have no
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Ecological Succession Script Andy Raskita The world around us is slowly and constantly changing. We might never see the small alterations happen‚ but many years later‚ changes will surely be visible. Over time small changes add up and soon the whole ecosystem is different. This slow change in the land and habitat is called ecological succession. Animals‚ plants‚ and weather are some factors that cause this type of change in an ecosystem. Ecological succession begins with a pioneer community. In
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Life PowerPoint® Lecture Presentations for Biology Eighth Edition Neil Campbell and Jane Reece Lectures by Chris Romero‚ updated by Erin Barley with contributions from Joan Sharp Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education‚ Inc.‚ publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Overview: Inquiring About the World of Life • Evolution • Biology Response Evolutionary to the environment adaptation • Life is recognized by what livings things do • Biology consists of more than memorizing factual details
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Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms‚ including their structure‚ function‚ growth‚ evolution‚ distribution‚ and taxonomy.[1] Modern biology is a vast and eclectic field‚ composed of many branches and subdisciplines. However‚ despite the broad scope of biology‚ there are certain general and unifying concepts within it that govern all study and research‚ consolidating it into single‚ coherent field. In general‚ biology recognizes the cell as the basic unit
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Kate Rowe Biology 4 10-8-09 Biology Essay: Parts of a Cell Describe the fluid-mosaic model of a plasma membrane. Discuss the role of the membrane in the movement of materials through each of the following processes: a.) Active Transport b.) Passive Transport All living cells contain a plasma membrane‚ which acts a boundary for the cell. The plasma membrane regulates the cell’s chemical composition because it uses selective permeability to allow certain substances to enter or exit the cell
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Biology Extended Essay Questions – Addressed by an EE Examiner Q1. Should students be encouraged to do an original piece of research‚ or should they analyze (in a new way) data that someone has collected (e.g.‚ data obtained from a previous research study that perhaps has been published in a journal)? If they use existing primary data‚ I am assuming that they will still carry out an actual experiment??? Answer: IB allows students to do science extended essays that are of two main ’types’.
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Biology: 1. Living Things Please remember to photocopy 4 pages onto one sheet by going A3→A4 and using back to back on the photocopier Syllabus OB38 Understand how to use a simple key to identify plants and animals‚ including vertebrates and invertebrates OB39 Investigate the variety of living things by direct observation of animals and plants in their environment; classify living organisms as plants or animals‚ and animals as vertebrates or invertebrates OB40 Identify the basic life
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