Biophysics topics 1-6

• Accuracy and precision

• Dimensional analysis

• Unit conversion: foot, inch, metres

Week 1 of biophysics

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Degree of conformity is a characteristic of...

• Accuracy

• Precision

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1 foot is...

• 25.4 metres

• 0.30 metres

• 0.91 metres

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Needs several measurements to be determined

• Accuracy

• Precision

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Ampere is for...

• Electric current

• Amount of substance

• Luminous intensity

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May be affected with a random error

• Accuracy

• Precision

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A definition for biophysics

• Scientific study of biological processes in terms of physics.

• Science that deals with the structure of matter and the interactions

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• Conversion of biological observations into knowledge.

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Degree of reproducibility is a characteristic of...

• Accuracy

• Precision

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It's true to intention

• Accuracy

• Precision

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Method of ANALYSIS that is often used when there is not enough information to set up precise equations

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May be affected with a systematic error

• Accuracy

• Precision

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1 inch is...

• 25.4 metres

• 0.30 metres

• 0.91 metres

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Pa, atm, mmHg and lb/pulg 2 measures...

• length

• volume

• mass

• pressure

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Candela is for...

• Electric current

• Amount of substance

• Luminous intensity

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L, mL, m3, gal and fl oz measures...

• length

• volume

• mass

• pressure

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Kg, pound and stones measures...

• length

• volume

• mass

• pressure

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It's true to itself

• Accuracy

• Precision

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Can be determined with a single measurement

• Accuracy

• Precision

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Mole is for...

• Electric current

• Amount of substance

• Luminous intensity

• Kinematics

• Kinds of motion

• Vector and scalar

• Speed and velocity

• Distance and displacement

Week 2 of biophysics

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Act or process of changing place or position with respect to some reference object.

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Determines in which direction an object is moving

• Velocity

• Speed

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Act or process of changing place or position with respect to some reference object.nes in which direction an object is moving

• Inertia

• Motion

• Force

• Resistance

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This is the formula for

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Speed is a...

• Vector quantity

• Scalar quantity

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Units for velocity

• m

• m/s

• m/s2

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Units for position

• m

• m/s

• m/s2

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Units for acceleration

• m

• m/s

• m/s2

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The object is translated as a hole from one location to another

• Translatory movement

• Angular motion

• Reciprocating motion

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Rectilinear or curvilinear

• Translatory movement

• Angular motion

• Reciprocating motion

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Any object acting as a radius moves about a fixed point

• Translatory movement

• Angular motion

• Reciprocating motion

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Branch of physics

Subdivision of classical mechanics

Concerned with the geometrically possible motion of a body or system of bodies

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Repetitive movement

• Translatory movement

• Angular motion

• Reciprocating motion

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Determines how fast an object is moving

• Velocity

• Speed

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Has magnitude and direction

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"Distance over time" is the formula for...

• Velocity

• Speed

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Here "B" represents...

• Distance

• Displacement

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Velocity is a...

• Vector quantity

• Scalar quantity

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Distance is a...

• Vector quantity

• Scalar quantity

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Considered a vector magnitude

• Distance

• Displacement

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Has only magnitude

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Here "A" represents...

• Distance

• Displacement

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Displacement is a...

• Vector quantity

• Scalar quantity

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"Displacement over change in time" is the formula for...

• Velocity

• Speed

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This is the formula for

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Considered a scalar magnitude

• Distance

• Displacement

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Aceleration is the rate of change in...

• Allometry

Week 3 of biophysics

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Is the formula for

• isometry

• allometry

• hypoallometry

• hyperallometry

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Negative allometry is also called...

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Is the formula for

• isometry

• allometry

• hypoallometry

• hyperallometry

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Heat production related to...

• volume

• mass

• surface area

• weight

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Is neither hypoallometry nor hyperallometry

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Positive allometry is also called...

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The observation that an animal's metabolic rate scales to the ¾ power of the animal's mass

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Is the formula for

• isometry

• allometry

• hypoallometry

• hyperallometry