{"id":1254,"date":"2016-04-29T20:16:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T20:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/biologyxwaymakerxmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1254"},"modified":"2024-04-26T18:39:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T18:39:29","slug":"putting-it-together-chemistry-of-life","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology1\/chapter\/putting-it-together-chemistry-of-life\/","title":{"raw":"Putting It Together: Chemistry of Life","rendered":"Putting It Together: Chemistry of Life"},"content":{"raw":"As we've just learned, chemistry is essential to life: we are all made of compounds and molecules.\u00a0Think back to the beginning of this module, where we briefly discussed the term\u00a0<em>carbon-based<\/em><em> life<\/em>. In the video below, we'll learn about\u00a0why carbon is so essential to life:\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ULiLt2rtpAg\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>Occupation Spotlight: Nutritionists<\/h3>\r\nLet's look back to our earlier occupation spotlight on the nutritionist. You should now be able\u00a0see how an understanding of chemistry is essential to this job:\u00a0a nutritionist needs to understand how the body builds complex molecules from the food a person ingests. A nutritionist also should understand how energy is used and moved about in the body. All this requires a basic understanding of elements, their structures, and how they interact.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Flashcards<\/h2>\r\n<div id=\"post-5200\" class=\"standard post-5200 chapter type-chapter status-publish hentry\">\r\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\r\n\r\nIt is tempting to view different topics as completely separate, but in fact the ideas we cover in this course are often connected to one another. If you don\u2019t retain the vocabulary from module to module, those connections can be missed. 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