ap bio summer assignment

Lin 1Michael LinAP Bio12 September 2014Assignment 11. I think the most important checkpoints in identifing a good scientific so!rce are a!thorit and c!rrenc. "hese hold partic!lar importance beca!se the are cr!cial to initiall identifing #hether or not information is !sable or not. A!thorit tells #hether the presenter of the information is credible or not$ #hile c!rrenc defines #hether the information is still !p to date or not. 2. "o determine the bias of a so!rce$ one can !se cl!es hidden #ithin a so!rce%s lang!age and tone$ as #ell as its apparent a!dience.&. 'ikipedia is not a reliable so!rce of information d!e to its ambig!o!s a!thorship. An person can edit an article and ske# the information that it pro(ides.4.Assignment 41. "he carbon atom forms the ideal atom to #ork as the backbone)skeleton for most biological compo!nds beca!se it can bond to itself and create long carbon chains.2.CompoundCarbohydratesLipids ProteinsNucleicAcidsSources:Atoms foundin all members of this group C, H, O C, H, O C, H, O, NC, H, O, N, P Campbell Biology e!t "#th edition$Lin 2%a&or purposes 'uel and building materialLong term energy storage, regulation (egulation, transport, protection, structural support Store, transmit, and help e!press hereditary informationCampbell Biology e!t "#th edition$)!amples Sugars, starches, cellulose, chitin 'ats, phospholipids, cholesterolStorage proteins li*e Casein, ransport proteins li*e Hemoglobin, etc+NA, (NACampbell Biology e!t "#th edition$&. "he str!ct!re of the amino acids is cond!ci(e to a t