Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Welcome to Biology 12





Hi BI12s

It was truly a pleasure to meet you today, especially great to see some familiar faces from the past.  I am delighted to introduce the topic of biology and human physiology to you.

Today's questions for next day's open book quiz

1.  What are the eight criteria to life? Hint: The first one is that everything is made of cells.  What are the other seven which we discussed in class?

2.  Fire resembles living things, yet it is not living. 
a. What can fire do that makes it seem alive?
b.  What forms of energy come from fire?
c.  Why is it not alive?
d.  What is the combustion reaction? Is it endothermic or exothermic?

3. All cells do Cellular respiration.  
a. What is the equation for cellular respiration?
b.  What organ systems support cellular respiration?
c.  Is this an endothermic or exothermic reaction?
d.  What is ATP?