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nelson bio test 1
notes for Riley Nelson's first bio test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| solitude is better for ____ ideas than ____ them | weeding out, creating |
| what percent of the forest's biomass is ants? | 10% |
| • What happens when the greatest powers of the physical environment slam into the resilient forces of life? | Nothing much |
| in the mouse experiment from the mastering biology lab, what was the control group injected with? | E. coli w/bacteriophage |
| who approved the packet on the evolution of man? | The First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve and members of the BYU board of trustees |
| what was the difference between Adam and Modern Man? | Adam lived a long time ago and was the “First Man”. . he wasn't hairy, stupid,or have opposable toes |
| age of the earth | 4.6 billion years |
| when did the first life appear on earth | 3.5 billion years ago |
| when did homo sapiens appear? | 200-400,000 years ago |
| age of the universe | 14 billion years old |
| who said this? "what are we here for? to lean and enjoy more and increase in knowlege and experience" | Brigham Young |
| rule of the tinkerer | save all the pieces |
| What element is the sun mostly made of? | Hydrogen |
| who said this? "I believe a leaf in the grass is no less htan the journey work of the stars" | Walt Whitman |
| Ionic Bond | association of opposing charges |
| Covalent Bond | sharing of electrons between atoms |
| Hydrogen Bond | weak attractions because of partially charged atoms |
| order the 3 kinds of bonds from weakest to strongest | Hydrogen,Ionic, Covalent |
| why is water important? | acts as a thermal buffer, cohesion (surface tension), is a polar solvent |
| why is Carbon important? | it can make 4 covalent bonds and is building material of life |
| what is an organic compound? | one which contains carbon |
| what are the 4 macromolecules of life? | carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids |
| examples of carbs | simple sugars, complex carbohydrates |
| uses of lipids | storage, phospholipid membranes, chemical messengers |
| 5 main extinctions | ordovician, devonian, permian, triassic, cetacean |
| strength of science | it is self-correcting |
| weakness of science | only relies on material evidence |
| why are there so many kinds of things? | because god wants it that way agency, cause life is about choices because carbon makes 4 bonds because there are lots of lipids |
| how much force does it take to break the crucible of evolution? | too much to be possible |
| 1rst rule of science | when a big, pervasive idea is proposed, an army of critics soon try to tear it down -E.O.Wilson |
| 2nd rule of science | the new idea will take hits; if it is good, it will survive in modified form |
| ways of knowing | observations, hypotheses, tests |
| discovery tools: | faith, force, consensus, art |
| can science be fooled? | yes!! |
| what question does science not like? | why?? |
| what is CHONPS? | the most common elements in life: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phophorus, sulfur |
| what is most memorable? | rarity |
| simple sugars | monosaccharides: glucose |
| complex carbohydrates | polysaccharides: cellulose, starch, glycogen, chitin |
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