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BIO/101 What is Life?

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    Surname 1 BIO/101 W hat is L ife? Part I: Media Relevancy Read each statement. Write a 100 - word summary explaining how the chosen media piece supports the statement. Include reference citations. 1. Find a media piece — article, video, presentation, song, or other that recognizes the fundamental concepts of chemistry in biology. Include a link or reference citation for the piece and describe how it helped you better understand how fundamental concepts of chemistry affect biology 2. Find a media piece — article, video, presentation, song, or other that describes the energy metabolism of cells. Include a link or reference citation for the piece and describe how it helped you better understand the energy metabolism of cells 3. Find a media piece — article, video, presentation, song, or other that compares the structures and functions of different cell types. Include the link or reference citation for the piece and describe how it helped you better compare structures and functions of different cell types 4. Find a media piece — article, video, presentation, song, or other related to the scientific method, creating hypotheses, or designing experiments. Include the link or reference citation for the piece and describe how it helped you better understand how the scientific method is used to create hypotheses and experiments Part II: Applying Science to Everyday Life

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    Surname 2 Recently, Earl attended a picnic at his daughter's school. The picnic was a potluck, and the food was served outdoors. Contributions included hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans, potato chips, potato salad, coleslaw, apple pie, and vanilla ice cream. Within 24 hours of the picnic, several attendees developed symptoms of food poisoning. Of the 50 people who attended the picnic, only 30 people became ill. Every person at the picnic ate something, but not every person had an opportunity to sample each item. Earl noticed that the potato salad he started to eat was warm. He also noticed that his hamburger was somewhat pink in the middle and not fully cooked. Earl wonders if eating the hamburgers or the potato salad could be responsible for making some attendees ill. Earl has begun to apply the scientific method to this common problem. Complete each of the following tasks in 200 to 300 words. 1. How would the scientific method help Earl create an experiment to determine which food sources made people sick? 2. Describe the steps of the scientific method Earl utilized 3. Describe the remaining steps Earl will use if he decides to use the scientific method to determine what made the people sick.

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    Surname 3 What is life? Part I: Media Relevancy Read each statement. Write a 100 - word summary explaining how the chosen media piece supports the statement. Include reference citations. 1. Find a media piece — article, video, presentation, song, or other that recognizes the fundamental concepts of chemistry in biology. Include a link or reference citation for the piece and describe how it helped you better understand how fundamental concepts of chemistry affect biology. After my research at www.infoplease.com it has helped me to understand how fundamental concepts of chemistry affect biology by breaking down the concept of why chemistry and biology goes hand in hand. Infoplease, (2000 - 2014), stated that biology explained the living parts of the world and their environment. It also said that biology requires a little knowledge of chemistry and that it is important to know aspects of chemistry to make biology come alive. We all know that the understanding of chemistry requires a little mathematic but it is not important to go into detailed mathematical applications to understand the principles of biology. So what are the fundamental concepts of chemistry in biology? Biology overlaps with chemistry in explaining the structure and function of all cellular processes at the molecular level. Reference: Pearson Education. (10/2013). Infoplease. Retrieved from http://www.infoplease.com/cig.biology/chemistry - biology.html

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