Think about these questions while reading the text. We will discuss them in lecture, but you are not required to respond to them in writing.

#1 - What happens when you make applesauce?
#2 - Does life contradict the Second Law?
#3 - How are membranes from warm and cold adapted organisms different?
#4 - What do "uncouplers" do in bear mitochondria during winter sleep?
#5 - How will plants respond to increasing atmospheric CO2?
#6 - Why is the severity of any given genetic disease so variable?
#7 - Why is there order to the genetic code?
#8 - How do you get biodegradable plastic from plants?
#9 - Why are there so many protein kinases in eukaryotes?
#10 - What does the endomembrane system of eukaryotic cells really look like?

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