Describe the characteristics of water and carbon that makes them important to living things in general, and to specific forms of life including plants, animals, and prokaryotes.

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic are the two major categories of cells making up life on earth. Both these types require water and carbon.
Part 1 : Describe the characteristics of water and carbon that makes them important to living things in general, and to specific forms of life including plants, animals, and prokaryotes. Why is NASA for example looking for water on Mars?
Part 2 : Describe the differences in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. How have the characteristics of each kind of cell put limitations and provided opportunities for the survival and divergence of modern living things? Why might both cell types be considered equally successful? Make sure to consider both Domains of Prokaryotes.

Do you think the mind and the physical brain are two separate things, or really just one thing?

Mind and Body. Do you think the mind and the physical brain are two separate things, or really just one thing? How does Descartes explain the difference between mind and body? What qualities does mind have that body does not, and vice versa? What is the difference between physical and mental states? What is the mind-body problem? What examples do critics offer to show that mind and body are not really two different things? How does J. C. C. Smart argue that the mind and brain are the same thing? Which side do you think makes more sense, and why?

Choose a pseudoscience and discuss how does the source persuade its argument and establish credibility?

1) choose a pseudoscience ( fake science)
claim : vaccines are harmful to human health
2) use 1 source that makes this claim ( cite the source ) – use direct quotes and details from this source
3)outline the argument ( outline which elements of the sources argument are not supported )
3a) how does the source persuade its argument and establish credibility ?
4) find and cite contrary evidence from peer- reviewed scientific sources that help disapprove the first original source
4a) use 3 MINIMUM scientific sources to provide contrary evidence to the claim being made
5) explain using scientific reasoning why the claim is an example of pseudoscience

What is the most interesting fact, event, or concept that you learned from today’s lecture on modern issues of gender and sexuality in America? Why do you find this fact, event, or concept so interesting?

1-What is the most interesting fact, event, or concept that you learned from today’s lecture on modern issues of gender and sexuality in America? Why do you find this fact, event, or concept so interesting?

2-How can modern issues of gender and sexuality be seen in modern American culture? Answer this by referring to American music, movies, television, or other American cultural creations from the recent past.

Discuss a case in which a defense attorney argued that due to some impairment their client was not capable of freely choosing to commit the crime.

The notion that a defendant effectively lacked free will when he or she committed a crime has been used (with varying degrees of success) as a legal defense in criminal cases. For example, defense attorneys have argued that due to impairment by “affluenza”; temporary insanity; or sugary foods–the so-called “Twinkie defense”–their client deserves to be acquitted or charged with a lesser crime. Discuss a case in which a defense attorney argued that due to some impairment their client was not capable of freely choosing to commit the crime. Do you agree that the defendant acted without free choice? Explain why or why not. If so, how should that affect their punishment?

Do you think you have free will? Explain why or why not. Demonstrate your understanding of concepts we have studying in answering the question.
The notion that a defendant effectively lacked free will when he or she committed a crime has been used (with varying degrees of success) as a legal defense in criminal cases. For example, defense attorneys have argued that due to impairment by “affluenza”; temporary insanity; or sugary foods–the so-called “Twinkie defense”–their client deserves to be acquitted or charged with a lesser crime. Discuss a case in which a defense attorney argued that due to some impairment their client was not capable of freely choosing to commit the crime. Do you agree that the defendant acted without free choice? Explain why or why not. If so, how should that affect their punishment?

Do you think you have free will? Explain why or why not. Demonstrate your understanding of concepts we have studying in answering the question.