History of biology

Since producers won’t be able to make food, the consumers won’t be able to eat, and then decomposers won’t have anything to decompose and break down. The cycling in the ecosystems will eventually not happen so the ecosystem will fall apart. Other trees that have already grown are blocking the sunlight from reaching the sprouts. In other words many sprouts are competing for the sparse amount of sunlight. The sprouts may also be competing for water and other ingredients necessary to grow.…

While surveying the 14 random people, I noticed that most of them had similar responses to each question. On the scale of 1-10, most of them answered between 4 and 6 about caring for the environment. They knew it was an important topic, but most of them hardly did anything to solve any environmental issues. Only 5 people out of the 14 said they recycled their materials while the others just threw everything away. Their response to recycling was that they did not “have time to sort out their…

between living and non-living? In the article, The Definition of life, Professor Farnsworth argues that life is essentially indefinable. He refers to biological life as a continuum. Throughout the duration of the article, Farnsworth explains how in biology, life cannot be dwindled down to yes or no answers. Rather, he quotes, "nature can trick us with questions that have hidden false assumptions" implying that what one defines as "death" is purely subjective. Farnsworth 's goal is to prove to…

Ever since I was little I have always been interested in the study of biology. I used to watch various cartoons that often included a mad scientist that would experiment on various creatures in the laboratory to enhance the creature’s physical abilities and create a mutant race to assist in their plot to destroy the world. For this reason I often hated the idea of animals being used in laboratories when I was little, but as I grew up and gained exposure to the real world, I realized things in…

tissues obtained from human volunteers, surgical operations, biopsies, and post-mortem specimens and use them for in vitro studies” (“In Research”). Scientists are able to use human tissue that has been donated from different surgeries and study human biology and diseases. Scientific studies have shown that these alternative tests are not only more accurate, but more humane for animals. “Alternative scientific tests are often more reliable than animal tests” (“In Testing”).…

middle ground as I am both a proponent, from the positive products of research, and opponent, limiting suffering, of using animals in the testing and development of medical research. In this paper, I will be exploring the ethics, regulations, and history behind medical researchers and their experiments on animals. There are a plethora of proponents that would argue that the development of medical research, directly tied with the testing of animals, has boosted our entire human race in the…

YR 10 Science Evolutionary Theory Alicia Horsfield Evolution can be defined as a gradual process in which a species changes into a different and more complex form. This happens over several generations. Evolution also proves that all species are related through genetic variation. (yourgenome.org, n.e). Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was an English Naturalist, famous for creating the theory of ‘evolution’. He also created a theory that species survive through a process called “natural selection”.…

Evolution When talking about evolution, people generally think of Charles Darwin as the originator or “father” of evolution. Even though Darwin may have opened the door for evolution and proved his hypothesis to be correct through his experiments, he had been influenced by many scientists before him. Although Darwin’s theory of natural selection is considered legitimate, there are many other theories to be equitable as well, much like the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Charles Darwin’s…

Using Integrating Concepts in Biology (ICB)”, an introductory resource for this year’s electronic textbook, and answer the following discussion questions. Responses should be uploaded to Canvas by 11:59PM on 9/20/15. A PDF version of this guide is posted to Canvas, and can also be found in the e-text. 1. The ICB text is organized around five “big ideas” in biology. List them, then define the term that is bolded in the text of each one. The five big ideas in biology are 1: living systems…

This period emphasized the self, creativity, imagination and the value of art. It was a movement that strongly emphasized emotion. It also legitimized ‘individual imagination' as a major authority. Which in turn gave rise to ‘free expression' in art. With such an emphasis on feelings and imagination many thinkers of this period introduced philosophies and theologies of their own on this topic. Richard Kearney in The Wake of the Imagination, explores the various concepts of imagining from the…