Essays Tagged: "living organisms"
Detection of biological molecules. Lab work.
ydrogen, sulfur, oxygen and phosphorus, lifewouldn't exist. These are the most abundant elements in living organisms. These elementsare held together by covalent bonds, ionic bonds, hydrogen bonds, an ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Call of the Wild vs. Darwin
ered this simple yetcomplex question through Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. According to him,living organisms evolved due to constant changing. Organisms which gained an edgewould reign, while ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Charles Darwin
Biodiversity
sity, as defined by E.O. Wilson, 'is meant to be all inclusive- it's the genetic based variation of living organisms at all levels, from the variety of genes in populations of single species, through ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
The Nature of Scientific Progress as described in T.H. Kuhn's model of paradigms and revolutions, and Larry Laudan's model of research traditions
Physicist and Nobel laureate W.L. Bragg once compared science to a coral reef, pointing out how the living organisms at the surface produce the growth of the reef on top of tens of hundreds of feet of ... scientist is guided by different methods, colleagues, ideals and goals, he or she might as well be living in a different world. If the situation arises when two successive theories are developed in c ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
A thesis on how the call of the wild is actually a testimony of Charles Darwin
ered this simple yetcomplex question through Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. According to him,living organisms evolved due to constant changing. Organisms which gained an edgewould reign, while ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
the comparison of functionalism and conflict theory
of structure and culture."Functionalism...argues that society operates as does the human body: Like living organisms, all societies possess basic functions which they must carry out to survive. Like l ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
The Theory of Evolution
ry interestingBODYINTRODUCTION TO EVOLUTIONWhat is Evolution? Evolution is the process by which all living thingshave developed from primitive organisms through changes occurring overbillions of years ... there are many differenttheories and that it occurs is a scientific fact. Biologists agree that all livingthings come through a long history of changes shaped by physical andchemical processes that ar ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Future of Human Evolution
hnDarwinism and Evolution12-6-96The Future of EvolutionEvolution, the science of how populations of living organisms change over time in response to their environment, is the central unifying theme in ... eyes (Stableford 16).Genes are transmitted through chromosomes which reside in the nucleus of every living organism's cells. Each chromosome is made up of fine strands of deoxyribonucleic acids, or DN ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology
Genetic Engineering
s of practical genetics. Today, scientists have a greater understanding of genetics and its role in living organisms. Unfortunately, some people are trying to stop further studies in genetics, but the ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects
Biolgical and Chemical Warfare
are used because of a directly toxic effect upon humans, animals, or plants. Biological weapons are living organisms, whatever their nature, or the materials that are created because of their use. Bio ... e materials that are created because of their use. Biological weapons can cause disease or death in living organisms, and are depended upon for their further ability to multiply inside the organism th ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
Theories of Evolution
Thoeries of EvolutionEvolution is the process by which living organisms originated on earth and have changed their forms to adapt to the changing environme ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Bioluminescence in fungi
ce discussed are common to all bioluminescent organisms. Bioluminescence is simply light created by living organisms. Probably the most commonly known example of bioluminescence by North Americans is ... s - packs of light energy.· ATP - adenosine triphosphate, the energy storing molecule of all living organisms.· Substrate (Luciferin) - a specific molecule that undergoes a chemical char ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
This reviews Didion's characterization of the Santa Ana winds in her essay "The Los Angles Notebook."
act irrationally. Didion connects a natural phenomenon with the cause of an unconscious reaction by living organisms.Didion's use of imagery and diction portrays the winds as an evil force that is int ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Oxygen
of the Earth. In combined form it is found in ores, earths, rocks, and gemstones, as well as in all living organisms.Oxygen is a gaseous chemical element in Group VA of the periodic table. The chemica ... CIENCESMost organisms depend on oxygen to sustain their biological processes. The great majority of living organisms fall into two categories. In the first category are the higher plants and the photo ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
Genetic diversity in agriculture
ver changing needs.A gene bank is a popular term that is used to describe repositories for genes of living organisms. It is commonly used in the context of plant breeding as I described above, but it ... increase collections of plant materials in various forms. Usually these are preserved as seeds, but living plants, pollen, and cell cultures are also used. In most gene banks, seeds are usually preser ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Agriculture
Genetic diversity in agriculture
ver changing needs.A gene bank is a popular term that is used to describe repositories for genes of living organisms. It is commonly used in the context of plant breeding as I described above, but it ... increase collections of plant materials in various forms. Usually these are preserved as seeds, but living plants, pollen, and cell cultures are also used. In most gene banks, seeds are usually preser ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Agriculture
Viruses
uses have been defined as 'entities whose genomes are elementsof nucleic acid that replicate inside living cells using the cellularsynthetic machinery, and cause the synthesis of specialised elements ... whether virusesare the most complex of molecules or the simplest life forms. While thedefinition of living organisms must be adapted, the majority of evidenceleads to the classification of viruses as ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Photochemical Smog
industrial smog. In high concentrations, industrial smog can be extremely toxic to humans and other living organisms. London is world famous for its episodes of industrial smog. The most famous London ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
This is about weapons of mass destruction including anthrax etc...
ction. Chemical weapons are made up of poisonous chemical compounds, whereas biological weapons are living microorganisms. Toxin weapons contain poisonous chemical products of living organisms and are ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security
Proteins, their uses, structure etc.
is described as being a large number of amino acids linked by peptide bonds. They are the basis of living organisms account for over 50% of the dry weight of humans. They vary enormously, from the so ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology