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Key Concepts. -for MIDTERM EXAM and beyond. The “cellular” life. Unicellular vs Multicellular Group work. The “diverse” life. What is biodiversity? Species-ability to successfully reproduce Adaptation-successful changes over time. Models of life. Computer simulation?
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Key Concepts -for MIDTERM EXAM and beyond
The “cellular” life • Unicellular vsMulticellular • Group work
The “diverse” life • What is biodiversity? • Species-ability to successfully reproduce • Adaptation-successful changes over time
Models of life • Computer simulation? • The real deal---DNA---on the molecular genetics level
quick side-step---chemistry • When it is all “boiled down” to the basics: • Structure of an atom----like the cell (a smallest unit, but without life)
quick side-step---chemistry (cont.) • 1) physical state of any matter: solid, liquid, or gas: • solid • liquid • gas
Now, importance to biology • ENERGY: • Bonds break and release ENERGY • Release of energy is EXOTHERMIC versus endothermic
How does this happen for biology? • In the cell, specifically, the cytoplasm: • Eukaryotic versus • Prokaryotic • Organelles and a cytoskeleton