Biology 1020 Module 1 Notes

These notes cover everything in Module 1 of Principles of Biology. Chapter 1 starts out with the basics of biology, the features of all living organisms, biological organization, and the classification of biological diversity. Chapter 2 covers the chemical context of life, which includes matter, elements, atoms, ions, isotopes, chemical bonds, energy, and radioactivity. Chapter 3 dives deeper into water and how vital it is to life on earth, including its four emergent properties, concentration and molarity, acids, bases, and buffers. Chapter 4 covers carbon and organic compounds. It discusses the important characteristics of carbon and the functional groups: carboxyl, carbonyl, hydroxyl, sulfhydryl, phosphate, methyl, amine. Chapter 5 covers the four large biological molecules in great detail: proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids. It explicitly covers what makes up each molecule and how they function in cells and how they contribute to life.