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Types of Societies

<ul> <li>Describe the difference between pre-industrial, industrial, and postindustrial societies</li> <li>Understand the role of environment on preindustrial societies</li> <li>Understand how technology impacts societal development</li> </ul>

What Is Marriage? What Is a Family?

<ul> <li>Describe society’s current understanding of family</li> <li>Recognize changes in marriage and family patterns</li> <li>Differentiate between lines of decent and residence</li> </ul>

Energy in Waves: Intensity

<ul> <li>Calculate the intensity and the power of rays and waves.</li> </ul>

Ecology of Fungi

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Describe the role of fungi in the ecosystem</li> <li>Describe mutualistic relationships of fungi with plant roots and photosynthetic organisms</li> <li>Describe the beneficial relationship between some fungi and insects</li> </ul>

An Overview of the Endocrine System

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Distinguish the types of intercellular communication, their importance, mechanisms, and effects</li> <li>Identify the major organs and tissues of the endocrine system and their location in the body</li> </ul>

Homeostasis

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Define homeostasis</li> <li>Describe the factors affecting homeostasis </li> <li>Discuss positive and negative feedback mechanisms used in homeostasis</li> <li>Describe thermoregulation of endothermic and ectothermic animals</li> </ul>

The Wave Nature of Matter Causes Quantization

<ul> <li>Explain Bohr’s model of atom.</li> <li>Define and describe quantization of angular momentum.</li> <li>Calculate the angular momentum for an orbit of atom.</li> <li>Define and describe the wave-like properties of matter.</li> </ul>

Conductors and Insulators

<ul> <li>Define conductor and insulator, explain the difference, and give examples of each.</li> <li>Describe three methods for charging an object.</li> <li>Explain what happens to an electric force as you move farther from the source.</li> <li>Define polarization.</li> </ul>

Dispersion: The Rainbow and Prisms

<ul> <li>Explain the phenomenon of dispersion and discuss its advantages and disadvantages.</li> </ul>

The History of Sociology

<ul> <li>Explain why sociology emerged when it did</li> <li>Describe how sociology became a separate academic discipline</li> </ul>

Sound Intensity and Sound Level

<ul> <li>Define intensity, sound intensity, and sound pressure level.</li> <li>Calculate sound intensity levels in decibels (dB).</li> </ul>

Ferromagnets and Electromagnets

<ul> <li>Define ferromagnet.</li> <li>Describe the role of magnetic domains in magnetization.</li> <li>Explain the significance of the Curie temperature.</li> <li>Describe the relationship between electricity and magnetism.</li> </ul>

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