Concepts | Questions | Media Resources |
1.1 Biologically Speaking | 1.1 Biologically Speaking | 1.1 Biologically Speaking |
Human beings have characteristics in common with all living things, and they also have a cultural inheritance. Human beings share an evolutionary history with other living things, and they belong to the biosphere.
| How are humans organized biologically? Answer What is homeostasis and how do various organ systems contribute to homeostasis? Answer The life of a human being includes what developmental stages? Answer By what processes are humans related to all other living things? Answer What evidence can you give that humans are members of the biosphere? Answer
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1.2 The Process of Science | 1.2 The Process of Science | 1.2 The Process of Science |
- The scientific method is the process by which scientists gather information about the material world.
| What steps do biologists follow to gather information and come to conclusions about the natural world? Answer Why do laboratory studies have a control group? Answer
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1.3 Science and Social Responsibility | 1.3 Science and Social Responsibility | 1.3 Science and Social Responsibility |
- All persons have to be prepared to use scientific information to make value judgments.
| Who is responsible for deciding how to use new emerging scientific information and discoveries? Answer
| Bioethical Case Study |