Today you will learn:

  • The tough job cells have&emdash;reproducing themselves.
  • About DNA and mutations&emdash;the cell's instructions.
  • Chromatography&emdash;Biology is made-up of complex mixtures
  • How bacteria tell us anything about cancer in animals or people.
  • How Tracy High School students have used mutation tests in their research projects.
  • How cooking affects carcinogen formation.
  • How we estimate health effects in people.
  • Ways to reduce carcinogen formation.

 

This lecture supports the California Content Standards

Biology, Grades 9-12, item 6: Solutions are homogenous mixtures of two or more substances.

  1. Definition of solute and solvent.
  2. How to describe the dissolving process as a result of random molecular motion.
  3. Temperature, pressure, and surface area affect the dissolving process.