Give an example how applied life sciences has had a direct effect on your life.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of life?

A current trend among professional baseball players is to wear braided titanium necklaces. The titanium reportedly regulates the flow of energy through the body. The player wearing the necklace then shows improved strength, tires less, and recovers more quickly. If you were to evaluate these claims using the scientific method, what would be the first step?

A researcher applies varying amounts of fertilizer to 50 potted tomato plants. All other variables that may affect the outcome like watering, temperature, sunlight, plant size, etc. are kept the same from pot to pot. At the end of the growing season, the tomatoes grown on each plant are weighed to determine which fertilizer level produced the largest tomato yield. Which variable is the independent variable?

An organic macromolecule ...

Proteins are diverse molecules that perform a wide variety of functions. Which of the following is NOT a typical function of proteins?

Many medical studies show that patients who receive a treatment feel better even if the treatment was an ineffective sugar pill. What is this phenomenon called?

What is the smallest unit of life?

You want to know whether cookies made with unbleached flour taste better than cookies made with bleached flour; which of the following has the strongest experimental design to test this question?