Assignment No.

BIOCHEMISTRY
Ms. Rosvibeth Ablon Lara Louisa V. Owens BSN 1-B

SCIENCE
SCIENCE IS THE SYSTEMATIC UNDERTAKING OF BUILDING AND
ORGANIZING KNOWLEDGE IN THE FORM OF TESTABLE EXPLANATIONS
AND PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE UNIVERSE. A METHOD (OR TOOL) THAT
ENABLES THE DISCOVERY OF NEW OBSERVATIONS BY COMPILING
DATA, DEVELOPING MODELS, AND USING THOSE MODELS TO MAKE
PREDICTIONS. THE MODEL ITSELF CHANGES OVER TIME.

MATTER
MATTER IS ANYTHING THAT HAS MASS AND OCCUPIES SPACE. IT'S ALL
AROUND US. THEY ARE THE SUBSTANCES FROM WHICH ALL PHYSICAL
OBJECTS ARE MADE. EVERYTHING ON EARTH IS MADE UP OF TINY
PARTICLES CALLED ATOMS AND MOLECULES. THE VELOCITY AND
DENSITY OF THESE PARTICLES DETERMINE THE AGGREGATION STATE
OF MATTER.

ATOMS
ATOMS ARE MADE UP OF PROTONS AND NEUTRONS WITHIN THE
NUCLEUS, AND THE SWARMS OF OTHER PARTICLES THAT CAN BE
CREATED BY INJECTING ENOUGH ENERGY INTO AN ATOM, ALL
SURROUNDED BY A CLOUD OF ELECTRONS.

MOLECULE
A MOLECULE IS THE SMALLEST PARTICLE WITHIN A CHEMICAL ELEMENT
OR COMPOUND THAT HAS THE CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THAT
ELEMENT OR COMPOUND. MOLECULES ARE MADE UP OF ATOMS
JOINED BY CHEMICAL BONDS. THESE BONDS ARE FORMED AS A
RESULT OF THE SHARING OR EXCHANGE OF ELECTRONS BETWEEN
ATOMS.
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BIOCHEMISTRY
Ms. Rosvibeth Ablon Lara Louisa V. Owens BSN 1-B

ELEMENTS
IN CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, AN ELEMENT IS A SUBSTANCE THAT
CANNOT BE BROKEN DOWN INTO SIMPLE COMPONENTS BY CHEMICAL
REACTIONS OTHER THAN THE NUCLEUS. ELEMENTS ARE UNIQUELY
IDENTIFIED BY THE NUMBER OF PROTONS IN THE NUCLEUS.

SPACE
SPACE IS AN INFINITE THREE-DIMENSIONAL EXPANSE IN WHICH
OBJECTS AND EVENTS HAVE RELATIVE POSITIONS AND ORIENTATIONS.
IN CLASSICAL PHYSICS, PHYSICAL SPACE IS OFTEN CONCEPTUALIZED IN
TERMS OF THREE LINEAR DIMENSIONS, BUT MODERN PHYSICISTS
USUALLY SEE IT OVER TIME AS PART OF AN INFINITE FOUR-
DIMENSIONAL CONTINUUM KNOWN AS SPACE-TIME.

TIME
PHYSICISTS DEFINE TIME AS THE PROGRESSION OF EVENTS FROM PAST
TO PRESENT TO FUTURE. IF A SYSTEM IS IMMUTABLE, IT IS INHERENTLY
TIMELESS. TIME CAN BE CONSIDERED HIS FOURTH DIMENSION OF
REALITY AND IS USED TO DESCRIBE EVENTS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL
SPACE.

MEASUREMENT
MEASUREMENT IS THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING THE SIZE OF A
QUANTITY AGAINST AGREED STANDARDS. THE SCIENCE OF WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES IS CALLED METROLOGY.
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BIOCHEMISTRY
Ms. Rosvibeth Ablon Lara Louisa V. Owens BSN 1-B

MASS
MASS IS A QUANTITATIVE MEASURE OF INERTIA IN PHYSICS AND A
FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTY OF ALL MATTER. IN EFFECT, IT IS THE
RESISTANCE THAT AN OBJECT OFFERS TO CHANGES IN VELOCITY OR
POSITION WHEN A FORCE IS APPLIED. THE GREATER THE MASS OF AN
OBJECT, THE SMALLER THE CHANGE CAUSED BY AN APPLIED FORCE.

WEIGHT
WEIGHT IS A QUANTITY THAT DESCRIBES THE FORCE EXERTED ON A
PARTICLE OR OBJECT BY AN ACCELERATING FIELD, ESPECIALLY THE
GRAVITATIONAL FIELD OF THE EARTH AT THE SURFACE.

CELL
IN BIOLOGY, IT IS THE SMALLEST UNIT THAT CAN LIVE ON ITS OWN AND
FROM WHICH ALL LIVING THINGS AND BODY TISSUES ARE BUILT.

VIRUS
VIRUSES ARE SUBMICROSCOPIC INFECTIOUS AGENTS THAT REPLICATE
ONLY WITHIN THE LIVING CELLS OF AN ORGANISM. VIRUSES INFECT ALL
LIFE FORMS, FROM ANIMALS AND PLANTS TO MICROORGANISMS,
INCLUDING BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA.

ORGANISM
IS A FORM OF LIFE SUCH AS PLANTS, ANIMALS, BACTERIA, PROTISTS,
AND FUNGI. A BODY MADE UP OF ORGANS, ORGANELLES, OR OTHER
PARTS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO CARRY OUT THE VARIOUS
PROCESSES OF LIFE.
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BIOCHEMISTRY
Ms. Rosvibeth Ablon Lara Louisa V. Owens BSN 1-B

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT STATES OF MATTER? DEFINE

EACH
SOLID - THAS A CERTAIN SHAPE AND VOLUME.

LIQUID - HAS A CERTAIN VOLUME, BUT IT IS IN THE SHAPE OF A

CONTAINER.

GAS- HAVE NO DEFINED SHAPE OR DEFINED VOLUME.

PLASMA - IS SIMILAR TO GAS IN THAT THE PARTICLES ARE VERY FAR

APART, BUT GAS IS ELECTRICALLY NEUTRAL AND PLASMA HAS AN
ELECTRICAL CHARGE.

DIFFERENTIATE LIVING FROM NON-LIVING ORGANISMS

THE TERM LIVING REFERS TO SOMETHING THAT IS CURRENTLY ALIVE
OR THAT WAS ONCE ALIVE. NON-LIVING THINGS ARE THINGS THAT
HAVE NEVER LIVED. FOR SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED ALIVE, IT
MUST GROW AND DEVELOP, EXPEND ENERGY, REPRODUCE, CONFIGURE
CELLS, RESPOND TO THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ADAPT.
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BIOCHEMISTRY
Ms. Rosvibeth Ablon Lara Louisa V. Owens BSN 1-B

WELL-KNOWN LOCAL SCIENTISTS AND THEIR

CONTRIBUTIONS
LUCILLE ABAD - VELOPED A PLANT VITAMIN – AN EFFECTIVE PLANT
GROWTH PROMOTER USING IRRADIATED SEAWEEDS. THIS RESEARCH
HAS ALSO BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE JAPAN-BASED FORUM FOR
NUCLEAR COOPERATION IN ASIA.

NATHANIEL HERMOSA II - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE NATIONAL

INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, UP DILIMAN. PHYSICIST HERMOSA’S
BREAKTHROUGH RESEARCH “TWISTED” LIGHT AND “SLOWED” IT
DOWN.
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BIOCHEMISTRY
Ms. Rosvibeth Ablon Lara Louisa V. Owens BSN 1-B

WELL-KNOWN FOREIGN SCIENTISTS AND THEIR

CONTRIBUTIONS

ARCHIMEDES - IS THE BEST KNOWN MATHEMATICIAN AND SCIENTIST

FROM ANCIENT TIMES. IN ADDITION TO BRILLIANT DISCOVERIES IN
MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS, HE WAS ALSO AN INVENTOR.

ROBERT HOOKE- DISCOVERED PLANT CELLS AND DISCOVERED

HOOKE’S LAW – THE LAW OF ELASTICITY. HE ALSO:
INVENTED THE BALANCE SPRING, VITAL FOR ACCURATE TIMEKEEPING
IN POCKET WATCHES
INVENTED A MACHINE THAT CUT TEETH FOR COGS USED IN
WATCHES – THESE COGS WERE CUT IN FINER DETAIL THAN ANY
PERSON COULD HAVE MANAGED, ENABLING MORE DELICATE
WATCH MECHANISMS TO BE DEVELOPED.
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BIOCHEMISTRY
Ms. Rosvibeth Ablon Lara Louisa V. Owens BSN 1-B

Give the various parts of an atom and define each part.

PROTONS ARE POSITIVELY CHARGED PARTICLES THAT DETERMINE
WHICH ELEMENT AN ATOM IS

NEUTRONS PRIMARILY STABILIZE ATOMS AND HAVE THE SAME ATOMIC

MASS AS PROTONS THAT ARE CLOSE TO PROTONS.

ELECTRONS, THE ELECTRONS ON THE OUTERMOST PART OF ATOMS,

ALLOW ATOMS TO BOND WITH EACH OTHER AND PARTICIPATE IN
CHEMICAL REACTIONS

A NUCLEUS IS THE CENTRAL NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM THAT CONTAINS

ALL THE MASSES OF THE ATOM (PROTONS, ELECTRONS).