I can use this as well instead of having flashcards because it is easier to relate to real life examples.

I can not recall if any professor has used an anthropomorphism for a nonhuman thing. All my courses have always been taught by a professor reading off the slides or information based on journals. I would say that this class might be using this more then anything because I have seen some metaphors used by students.

Metaphors related to life or just anything to make me remember it

Relates back to the mental model because it is a self test your figuring out which term is correct with the definition or just different elements.

The way I determine the definition for mental model is trying to paint a picture in my head instead of getting a piece of paper and doing a sketch. It is important to learn that way becuase some exams/quizzes are never open notes and having the knowledge to create this picture in your head will make you more confident in the material rather then being dependent on the paper. It is harder for me to do that but the habit is needed to be made because not everything will be open notes instead memorizing is essential for some careers such as doctors.

Although creating mental models will help creating flashcards for vocab term and quizzing yourself helps!!

Ask when needed clarification instead of staying quiet and not understanding

Meow questions asked = more understanding of what is going on

I am one of those people who taught it was more about medicine and wild life more then anything. As the reading develops more and more I am starting to see how biology will be intertwined with my career of pursuing medicine.

That is an amazing contribute!! When studying biology I always assumed that it taught us more about the animal and earth life instead of how it contributes to us. Reading this comment makes me eager to dive into deeper of what biology has to offer.

Although it helps us understand what solutions can be provided within a problem. Does it not contribute toward the understand of animals?

My thinking always this information is that all species belong on a specific food chain meaning that we do not mix with animals because we are both different species one is human while another is mammals. The comment "The process of evolution by natural selection, however, happens randomly and without direction" meant that we got put into different categories that were assigned to use randomly rather then having to choose. If we were intertwined with other species then the natural order we have now would be so much different for the world we live in. There would be more violence and death.

Can this term de discussed more profoundly in class because I could not understand it as much.

I always assumed that traits are the genes giving from mom and dad. Such as the color of your eyes from mom and hair color of your dad.

I understand that evolution is the way an object changes over time meaning that it will not stay the same forever it has to change at some point. How does natural selection play a rolee in this?

How does these impacts make individuals understand more the sense that biology provides? After learning this knowledge will be more open minded or close minded of how biology helps understanding the environment more?

Although these terms are very different from one another is there a point in time in particular that connects to one another?