1.) What is Biology? Biology is the science of life. Biologists study the structure‚ function‚ growth‚ origin‚ evolution and distribution of living organisms. There are generally considered to be at least nine “umbrella” fields of biology‚ each of which consists of multiple subfields. 2.) What are the branches of Biology? Describe each. Biochemistry: the study of the material substances that make up living things Botany: the study of plants‚ including agriculture Cellular biology: the study of the
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COMPOUND INTEREST Making or Spending Money SIMPLE INTEREST FORMULA If a principal of P dollars is borrowed for a period of t years at a per annum interest rate r‚ expressed as a decimal‚ then interest I charged is I Pr t This interest is not used very often. Interest is usually compounded which means interest is charged or given on the interest and the principal. Simple Interest Example COMPOUND INTEREST Payment Periods: Annually Once per year Semiannually Twice per year Quarterly
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An interest group is a group that seeks a collective good‚ the achievement of which will not selectively and materially benefit the membership or activists of the organization. These organizations try to achieve at least some of their goals with government assistance. The difference between interest groups and political parties is that political parties seek to constitute the government‚ whereas interest groups try only to influence it. Some of the things that interests groups
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What is ‘Insurable Interest in a Maritime Insurance Policy’ The term “insurable interest” refers to the benefit (or interest) a person has in an insured object (or person – as in a life insurance insurable interest). This benefit can refer to a financial benefit‚ among others. A person has insurable interest in a thing when he or she would experience some kind of loss (financial or otherwise) if the thing were to be damaged or lost. Say that you have piece of jewelry in your home that is also a
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Money Banking and financial Markets‚ Interest Rates An interest rate is the rate at which interest is paid by borrowers for the use of money that they borrow from a lender. Specifically‚ the interest rate is a percent of principal paid a certain amount of times per period. Small companies often borrow capital from banks to buy new assets for its business‚ and in return the lender receives interest at a predetermined interest rate for deferring the use of funds and instead lending
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A central organizing concept in biology is that life changes and develops through evolution‚ and that all life-forms known have a common origin. The theory of evolution postulates that all organisms on the Earth‚ both living and extinct‚ have descended from a common ancestor or an ancestral gene pool. This last universal common ancestor of all organisms is believed to have appeared about 3.5 billion years ago.[21] Biologists generally regard the universality and ubiquity of the genetic code as definitive
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My interest in life is going to college and to become a Chemical Engineer. Chemical Engineers is the combination of chemistry‚ math‚ and physics to design and operate the manufacturing processes. I want to major in engineering because ever since I was a child I realized that I am asking myself the same questions‚ how do things work‚ what do they do‚ and how can I do something better about the environment. I have always enjoyed challenging myself mentally‚ construct new things‚ and math is my best
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The term biology is derived from the Greek word βίος‚ bios‚ "life" and the suffix -λογία‚ -logia‚ "study of."[4] The Latin form of the term first appeared in 1736 when Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) used biologi in his Bibliotheca botanica. It was used again in 1766 in a work entitled Philosophiae naturalis sive physicae: tomus III‚ continens geologian‚ biologian‚ phytologian generalis‚ by Michael Christoph Hanov‚ a disciple of Christian Wolff. The first German use‚ Biologie‚ was used in a 1771 translation
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Special Interests ____________ ____________ POL 110: United States Government November 29‚ 2012 Under Article I‚ Section I of the Bill of Rights‚ the Framers created a Congress‚ consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives‚ that has the authority to make legislative decisions for our United States government. Congress has the power to make laws ‚ declare war ‚ raise and provide public money and oversee its proper expenditure‚ impeach and try federal officers‚ approve presidential
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It is well known that Gliomas are amongst the most destructive types of cancers out there. Unfortunately‚ Gliomas are the most frequent tumors in the central nervous system accounting “for more than 32% of all primary brain and CNS tumors and 80% of all malignancies of the brain and CNS”. Tons of research has been done in this topic with a variety of different methods‚ however‚ it still has a poor prognosis with frequent recurrences. The gold standard so far to treat this type of tumors has been
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