BIOB34 Week 1 Day 2 Notes PDF

oWeek 1 \| Day 2 \| BIOB34 (Thursday, Sept. 5th, 9:10 AM) \[Finishing from last session\] [Complexity and Specialization] - - - - +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Porifera (sponges) | Homosapiens (humans) | +========...

oWeek 1 \| Day 2 \| BIOB34 (Thursday, Sept. 5th, 9:10 AM) \[Finishing from last session\] [Complexity and Specialization] - - - - +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Porifera (sponges) | Homosapiens (humans) | +===================================+===================================+ | - - | - - | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ - - - - - - Acclimation: The way something adjusts/gets accustomed to an environment (eg. in a lab setting where the environment is consistent) Acclimatization: What happens in the body as a response to natural variation (eg. adjusting to higher elevations on mountains) --- Module 2 starts --- [Metabolism] Energy: The capacity to do work (SI unit: Joule, J) Work: The transfer of energy by a *force* acting on an object as it is *displaced* (SI unit: Joule, J) J = kg x m^2^ x s^-2^ Work = Force x distance Force = mass (kg) x acceleration Acceleration = velocity\^2 Velocity = distance (m)/time (s) Power: the rate at which work is done (SI unit: Watt) W= J/s Metabolism: The set of processes by which cells and organisms acquire, rearrange, and void commodities (eg. elements of energy) in ways that sustain life Metabolic rate: An animal's rate of energy consumption (in technical terms, the rate at which it converts chemical-bond energy to heat and work) \*Metabolic rate is a measure of power ( in watts or [\$\\frac{J}{s}\$]{.math.inline}) - Types of energy: - - - - [Biochemistry] Metabolic pathways: Series of reactions that convert substrates to products - - - - Metabolism*:* Sum of metabolic pathways for the synthesis and breakdown of molecules (another definition) [Cellular Chemical Energy] - - -  [High Energy Bonds] - - - [Carbohydrates] - - - - - [Monosaccharides] - - [Complex Carbohydrates] - - - - - - Amylose + amylopectin = starch [Glycogen Metabolism] - - - - -