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OpenStax College is a nonprofit organization committed to improving student access to quality learning materials. Our free textbooks are developed and peer-reviewed by educators to ensure they are readable, accurate, and meet the scope and sequence requirements of your course. Through our partnerships with companies and foundations committed to reducing costs for students, OpenStax College is working to improve access to higher education for all. OpenStax College is an initiative of Rice University and is made possible through the generous support of several philanthropic foundations.

Humidity, Evaporation, and Boiling

<ul> <li>Explain the relationship between vapor pressure of water and the capacity of air to hold water vapor.</li> <li>Explain the relationship between relative humidity and partial pressure of water vapor in the air.</li> <li>Calculate vapor density using vapor pressure.</li> <li>Calculate humidity and dew point.</li> </ul>

Biological Molecules

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Describe the ways in which carbon is critical to life</li> <li>Explain the impact of slight changes in amino acids on organisms</li> <li>Describe the four major types of biological molecules</li> <li>Understand the functions of the four major types of molecules</li> </ul>

Image Formation by Mirrors

<ul> <li>Illustrate image formation in a flat mirror.</li> <li>Explain with ray diagrams the formation of an image using spherical mirrors.</li> <li>Determine focal length and magnification given radius of curvature, distance of object and image.</li> </ul>

Applications of Thermodynamics: Heat Pumps and Refrigerators

<ul> <li>Describe the use of heat engines in heat pumps and refrigerators.</li> <li>Demonstrate how a heat pump works to warm an interior space.</li> <li>Explain the differences between heat pumps and refrigerators.</li> <li>Calculate a heat pump’s coefficient of performance.</li> </ul>

Homeostasis

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Discuss the role of homeostasis in healthy functioning</li> <li>Contrast negative and positive feedback, giving one physiologic example of each mechanism</li> </ul>

Eukaryotic Transcription

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>List the steps in eukaryotic transcription</li> <li>Discuss the role of RNA polymerases in transcription</li> <li>Compare and contrast the three RNA polymerases</li> <li>Explain the significance of transcription factors</li> </ul>

Somatosensation

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Describe four important mechanoreceptors in human skin</li> <li>Describe the topographical distribution of somatosensory receptors between glabrous and hairy skin</li> <li>Explain why the perception of pain is subjective</li> </ul>

Active Transport

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Understand how electrochemical gradients affect ions</li> <li>Distinguish between primary active transport and secondary active transport</li> </ul>

Digestive System Processes

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Describe the process of digestion </li> <li>Detail the steps involved in digestion and absorption</li> <li>Define elimination</li> <li>Explain the role of both the small and large intestines in absorption</li> </ul>

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