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Q3- WEEK 2
The Central Nervous System (CNS) serves as the main processing center for the entire
nervous
Homeostasis is the state reached when each part of the body functions in equilibrium with
other parts.
The brain stem, which is also known as the "lower brain" is responsible for the
involuntary life functions such as heartbeat, breathing and digestion.
Cerebellum – controls coordination and balance.
Q3- WEEK 4
The DNA molecule is composed of three types of component molecule: phosphate group,
the sugar deoxyribose, and the bases adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine (A, T, C, G).
RNA is single stranded, the sugar in RNA is ribose; and RNA contain four nitrogenous
bases, but instead of thymine, RNA contains a similar base called uracil (U). The uracil
pairs with adenine.
mRNA is responsible for bringing information from the DNA in the nucleus to the protein
manufacturing area
Q3- WEEK 5, 6, and 7
Homologous structures - means similarities in the body structures of different species,
which may have come from common ancestors. These structures do not have necessarily
have the same functions
Analogous structures - like a bird’s wing and a bat’s wing, have the same function but
these are not evidence that they came from a common ancestor.
Biodiversity is the variety of life forms in a particular ecosystem.
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck proposed The Theory of Need, The Theory of Use and Disuse,
and The Theory of Acquired Characteristics.
Charles Darwin proposed the Theory of Natural Selection which is supported by the
following ideas: Organisms struggle for existence, resulting in survival of the fittest and
elimination of the unfit. Organisms learn to adapt to their environment in order to survive
and reproduce.
Ecosystem is a community of organisms that live, feed and interact with the environment.
Limiting factors these are factors that control the growth of a population