{"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":"2024-04-25T23:28:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T23:28:15","slug":"putting-it-together-chemistry-of-life","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/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 chapter, 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:\/\/youtu.be\/QnQe0xW_JY4?t=1m29s\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>","rendered":"<p>As we&#8217;ve just learned, chemistry is essential to life: we are all made of compounds and molecules.\u00a0Think back to the beginning of this chapter, where we briefly discussed the term\u00a0<em>carbon-based<\/em><em> life<\/em>. 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