environment

Appears in modules:

• Acids and Bases I Definitions, pH and neutralization
• Adaptation The case of penguins
• Animal Behavior Causes and approaches to studying behavior
• Animal Ecology Competition, predation, and cooperation
• Atmospheric Chemistry Research that Changed Global Policy The work of Mario Molina
• Biological Proteins Amino acids, peptide bonds, and protein structures
• Carlos J. Finlay Eradicating yellow fever
• Cecilia Payne Figuring out what stars are made of
• Cell Division I The cell cycle
• Cellular Organelles I Endosymbiosis and membrane-bound organelles
• Charles Darwin I The Origin of Species
• Charles Darwin II Natural selection
• Charles Darwin III Descent with modification
• Chemical Reactions Types of reactions and the laws that govern them
• Collaborative Research in the Arctic Towards Understanding Climate Change The work of Kevin Arrigo
• Craig Lee Ice patch archaeologist
• Creativity in Science How scientists decide what to study
• Defining Energy Forms of energy, conversions, and measuring
• Description in Scientific Research Observations and multiple working hypotheses
• Diffusion I Random molecular movement and influences on diffusion rate
• Discovery and Structure of Cells Cell theory, prokaryotes, and eukaryotes
• Ellen Ochoa Engineer and astronaut
• Energy Metabolism I Glycolosis and the Krebs cycle
• Franklin Chang Díaz Propulsion pioneer for future generations of astronauts
• Future of Human Evolution Artificial selection and transhumanism
• History of Earth's Atmosphere II The rise of atmospheric oxygen
• Johnson Cerda Promoting Indigenous perspectives in environmental management
• Luis E. Miramontes Chemist and inventor of oral contraceptives
• Mass Extinctions Major turning points in biodiversity
• Membranes and Chemical Transport Absorption, distribution, and storage of substances in organisms
• Membranes II Passive and active transporters
• Natural Hazards and Risk Where Earth processes and society intersect
• Nuclear Chemistry I Radiation, half-life, and nuclear reactions
• Origins of Life I Early ideas and experiments
• Origins of Life II Primeval environments and the origins of RNA
• Paleontology and the Fossil Record Reading the clues
• Population Biology Carrying capacity, demographics, and cycles
• Population Genetics Hardy-Weinberg and genetic drift
• Scientific Controversy Development and resolution of controversies
• Solutions Molarity, solubility, and colligative properties
• Taxonomy I What's in a name?
• The Nitrogen Cycle Of microbes and men
• The Phosphorus Cycle Phosphates and fertilizer
• Theories, Hypotheses, and Laws Definitions, examples, and their roles in science
• Uncertainty, Error, and Confidence Characterizing natural variability and human error
• Uncovering the Mysteries of Chronic Mountain Sickness The work of Fabiola Léon-Velarde
• Water in the Atmosphere The factors that influence evaporation and condensation