1 / 10

KEY CONCEPT Understanding biology can help you make informed decisions.

Understanding biology is essential for making informed decisions about health and the environment. Gain insights into food allergies, obesity effects, and cancer risks while grasping the significance of interactions in ecosystems and biodiversity. Explore the promises and challenges of biotechnology, delve into genetic testing, transgenic crops, and ethical dilemmas. Despite advancements, lingering questions remain in biology such as memory storage in the brain, virus mutations, and extraterrestrial life existence. Stay informed, stay aware, stay empowered!

bremington
Download Presentation

KEY CONCEPT Understanding biology can help you make informed decisions.

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. KEY CONCEPTUnderstanding biology can help you make informed decisions.

  2. Your health and the health of the environment depend on your knowledge of biology. • Knowledge of biology helps you understand your health. • food allergies • potential effects of obesity

  3. brain lungs heart liver kidneys • Knowledge of biology helps you understand your health. • food allergies • cancer • potential effects of obesity • effects of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs

  4. Knowledge of biology can help you understand environmental issues. • interactions in ecosystems • pollution • biodiversity

  5. Biotechnology offers great promise but also raises many issues. • ________________ is the use and application of living things and biological processes.

  6. Biotechnology is the use and application of living things and biological processes. • ______ testing in ____________ and _____________ • ______________ (genetically modified) crops • transgenic bacteria

  7. Questions are raised about the use of biotechnology. • ________ of genetically modified crops • spread of undesirable genes • __________ in biodiversity • ethical considerations

  8. Biology presents many unanswered questions. • Over the past 50 years, biological knowledge has greatly increased.

  9. There are still many questions to answer in biology. • How are memories stored in the brain?

  10. capsid nucleic acid lipid envelope surface proteins • There are still many questions to answer in biology. • How are memories stored in the brain? • How do viruses mutate? • Does life exist on planets other than Earth?

More Related