Biology is the science of the 21st Century and everyone should know the fundamentals. In this series, Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the Department of Biology will guide you through key concepts, building a big picture of what Biology is all about. Based on her recent book, this video series is perfect for GCSE or A-level students, especially those looking for a University perspective.
Biology: The Whole Story
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Biology is the science of the 21st Century and everyone should know the fundamentals. In this series, Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the Department of Biology will guide you through key concepts, building a big picture of what Biology is all about. Based on her recent book, this video series is perfect for GCSE or A-level students, especially those looking for a University perspective.
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December 1, 2023
Ecology - Chapter 10
Learn the key concepts in ecology and what makes populations change over time, with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford Ecology is the study of plants and animals in their environments but what kinds of questions do ecologists try to answer? We begin with a population - a group of organisms belonging to the same species that live in one place. Some populations are stable, while others boom and bust, and we find out why births and deaths are key to understanding stability. We then consider why there are so many species on Earth and in doing so discover the ecological niche that constrains organisms to a specific role. Finally, we take a quick look at humans, who have broken out of their niche and taken control of the planet. Erratum - Mammal biomass on Earth The figures given in the video are incorrect. The actual figures are: 34% humans, 62% livestock and 4% wild mammals. https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals-birds-biomass Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:20 Titles 00:29 Key ecological questions 01:18 The state of populations: births and deaths 02:58 The rabbit versus the albatross 04:32 Keystone species: the case of the sea otter 06:20 Competition: the ecological niche 08:23 Humans – the ultimate competitor? 11:26 Outro
December 1, 2023
Plants - Chapter 9
Plants are awesome, with photosynthesis being the most disruptive invention ever! Join Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford to understand why Plants don't have faces, so we don't know what they're thinking, and can even (horror!) write them off as boring. In this video, we examine the evolutionary history of the land plants: from an ancestral alga to the diversity of modern flowering plants that cover our planet today. We will see how plants stole the technology for photosynthesis - undoubtedly the most disruptive invention of all time - and how their activities changed the biosphere forever. Finally, we explore the range of features that allow a large tree in full leaf to suck up a tonne of water every day. Image Credit: Many thanks to the Oxford Herbarium for providing the slides and microscope images of the Rhynie Cherts. Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration Graph: NOAA Global Monitoring Lab, https://www.climate.gov/media/15554 (10/11/23) Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:22 Titles 00:29 The Tragedy of Plants 01:13 What Makes a Plant a Plant 03:01 The Greatest Heist of All Time - Photosynthesis 04:13 The Rhynie Cherts - Early Land Plants 06:37 How Plants Regulate Our Climate 07:24 How We Have Broken Our Climate 08:45 Colour and Beauty - The Flowering Plants 09:59 Outro
December 1, 2023
Vertebrates - Chapter 8
Take a guided tour of the biology and ancestry of the vertebrates with Professor Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Oxford Want to know more about the group of animals you belong to - the vertebrates - and how we are all descendants of a plucky fish that hauled itself onto land? In this video we discover the fishy ancestor of the vertebrates: a type of lobe-finned fish, which are extremely rare in today's oceans. We then explore biological scaling rules, which explain why small animals, like mice or hamsters, seem almost bionic when compared to a ponderous giant like an elephant. But vertebrates are all large animals, and their bodies must deliver oxygen and glucose to muscles buried deep within them. This has led to the evolution of some ingenious engineering solutions, like the vertebrate circulatory system. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:19 Titles 00:24 Who are the Vertebrates? 02:01 Fishy Origins 03:31 How Fish made it onto Land 04:34 The Circulatory System - A Vertebrate Invention 06:20 How Animals Get Large 07:51 Why Animals Get Large 09:28 Why the Vertebrates Left the Seas 09:59 Outro
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