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KEY CONCEPT Understanding biology can help you make informed decisions.

KEY CONCEPT Understanding biology can help you make informed decisions. Your health and the health of the environment depend on your knowledge of biology. Knowledge of biology helps you understand your health. food allergies potential effects of obesity. brain. lungs. heart. liver.

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KEY CONCEPT Understanding biology can help you make informed decisions.

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  1. KEY CONCEPTUnderstanding biology can help you make informed decisions.

  2. Your health and the health of the environment depend on your knowledge of biology. • Knowledge of biology helps you understand your health. • food allergies • potential effects of obesity

  3. brain lungs heart liver kidneys • Knowledge of biology helps you understand your health. • food allergies • cancer • potential effects of obesity • effects of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs

  4. Knowledge of biology can help you understand environmental issues. • interactions in ecosystems • pollution • biodiversity

  5. Biotechnology offers great promise but also raises many issues. • ________________ is the use and application of living things and biological processes.

  6. Biotechnology is the use and application of living things and biological processes. • ______ testing in ____________ and _____________ • ______________ (genetically modified) crops • transgenic bacteria

  7. Questions are raised about the use of biotechnology. • ________ of genetically modified crops • spread of undesirable genes • __________ in biodiversity • ethical considerations

  8. Biology presents many unanswered questions. • Over the past 50 years, biological knowledge has greatly increased.

  9. There are still many questions to answer in biology. • How are memories stored in the brain?

  10. capsid nucleic acid lipid envelope surface proteins • There are still many questions to answer in biology. • How are memories stored in the brain? • How do viruses mutate? • Does life exist on planets other than Earth?

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