BIOL-1406-02

Classify biological examples as elements, compounds, essential elements, or trace elements.

Determine an atom’s numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons and identify its isotope from atomic notation.

Use half-life information to interpret biological tracer and radiometric-dating examples.

Predict an atom’s bonding behavior from its electron shells, orbitals, and valence electrons.

Classify covalent, ionic, hydrogen-bond, and van der Waals interactions from representations of electron sharing, transfer, and charge distribution.

Explain how a molecule’s three-dimensional shape enables specific biological recognition and binding.

Interpret a reversible chemical reaction by identifying reactants, products, bond rearrangements, and dynamic equilibrium.