Download Basic life sciences and environment

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Basic life sciences and environment
Kaori CHIBA
Email: [email protected]
Tomoaki MARUYAMA
Email: [email protected]
Yuki KUBOKI
Email: [email protected]
Basic Information
Course
Regular Course
Compulsory / Elective
Compulsory
Grade
1st
Number of Credits
1
Semester
Full year
Credit Type
Normal
Class Type
General Education
Course Objectives
This subject is designed to learn biology and the global environment surrounding it. You also learn relation
between them. Based on the life and earth sciences, you acquire the sense of corporation necessary for
manufacturing utilizing the limited resources on the earth.
Topic Outline / Schedule
Week
Topic
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1. Biological characteristics
1)
Biological
diversity
commonality
Outline
Biological diversity and commonality, the origin of
and biological diversity, Biological properties
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Diversity of cells, Commonality in the structure of cells
2) Cells and energy
4
Metabolism and
photosynthesis
adenosine
triphosphate
(ATP),
Respiration, mitochondria and chloroplast
5
2. Gene and the function of gene
Material of gene- deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), structure
1) Genetic phenomenon and of DNA
Gene
6
2) Copying and partition of genetic Cell cycle
information
7
Mid-term Exam of the 1st semester
8
3.
Diversity and distribution of Biome
biome
1) Biological diversity and biome
9
2)Formation process of biome
Origin of
succession
vegetation,
various
vegetation,
10
3) Biome and distribution of biome
Climate and biome, world biome, Japanese biome
11
4. Ecosystem and conservation of Material circulation of ecosystem and energy flow
ecosystem
1) ecosystem
12
2) balance and conservation of the Balance of environment
environment
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plant
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Ecosystem effect in human activity
14
3)
conservation
environment
15
Final Exam of the 1st semester
16
Review of the 1st semester
17
5. Earth in the universe and the solar Structure of the solar system, beginning of the solar
system
system, terrestrial planets (Earth, the Moon)
18
terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars), gas-giant
planets, astral body except planet and satellite,
Earth-planet of life
19
6.
of
the Conservation of natural environment
Earth in activity
1) appearance of the Earth
20
2) volcanism and earthquake
22
Mid-term Exam of the 2nd semester
24
7.
Atmosphere and ocean
1) heat budget of the Earth
25
motion,
Distribution of volcano, terrain of volcano, volcano
eruption and igneous rocks, the kind of igneous rocks
Composition of atmosphere, characteristics
atmosphere, changes in weather at troposphere
of
Solar radiation and terrestrial radiation, thermal balance
of the Earth
2) Motion of atmosphere and
ocean
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29
plate
Mechanism of earthquake, motion of earthquake,
quake-prone area
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28
Measurement of shape and size of the Earth, shape and
size of the Earth, laminar structure within the earth
Component material of the Earth,
formation of massive mountains
21
26
Summary of important topics
Energy balance due to differences in latitude general
circulation of atmosphere, anticyclone and cyclone
Laminar structure of ocean, general circulation of ocean,
interaction of atmosphere and ocean
8.
Environment of the Earth
1) Science of Earth’s environment
Global warming, destruction of the ozone layer, El Nino
and La Nina phenomenon
2) natural environment in Japan
Change of seasons, natural landscape, climatic hazard
and disaster defense
30
Seismic disaster, earthquake forecast and defense,
volcanic disaster and defense
31
Final Exam of the 2nd semester
32
Review on 2nd semester
Summary of important topics
Textbooks and Other Readings
Textbook: K. Yoshisato et al, High school basic biology, Dai-ichi gakushu,, Ltd., 2015 (in Japanese)
Y. Nishimura et al, High school basic geoscience, Dai-ichi gakushu, Ltd., 2015 (in Japanese)
Relevant Online Resources
DNA Structure and Replication: Crash Course Biology #10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kK2zwjRV0M
A Tour of the Cell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z9pqST72is
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Planets In Our Solar System | DIY Science Project For Kids | Easy To Do Solar System Model
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkiQnkG-21k
The Solar System -- our home in space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsF_hdjWJjo
Plate Tectonics for Kids - from www.makemegenius.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcPghqnnTVk
Grading Policy
Grading will be based on mid-term exams and final exams on each semester. To get credit, you need to
get 60 or more points in total. Course Description
During the time from the birthday of the baby universe up to the present huge and silent one, our earth was
born in the solar system, and the life was born on the earth. Although the limited surface of the earth is
the whole world we can watch and listen directly, the industry developed by the Homo sapience began to
destruct the future of the earth. Keeping this fact in mind, we should try to find the harmonic way to be
with the environment. First of all, it is necessary to know both of the universe and the life.
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