Why is Chemistry important in biology?

Answer 1

Biological organisms have chemical compositions. Carbon is found in all living organisms.

Answer 2

Importance Of Chemistry In Biology

Answer 3

How would you explain how muscles contract,get their energy,repair,atrophy or enlarge.Without some kind of basic understaning of Chemistry ? You can't explain any of those pheomenon whithout some Chemistry knowlege. Or digestion or anything in the living world. Even in Astronomy. You need to understand some Chemistry. Chemistry is supposed to be a central Science.

Answer 4

Chemistry is the one science in which all other sciences are based. In biology you learn about living organisms. Organisms are alive because of chemistry- why we breathe oxygen, how we make energy, eliminating waste products. All of these are based on how living organims use chemistry to live.

Answer 5

Both Biology and Chemistry is more than necessary for the profession you are willing to take

Answer 6

Look into the Krebs Cycle, and you'll get a good idea of how important chemistry is to biology. And that's just one example out of many.

"The citric acid cycle (also known as the tricarboxylic acid cycle, the TCA cycle, or the Krebs cycle) is a series of chemical reactions of central importance in all living cells that utilize oxygen as part of cellular respiration."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citric_acid_cycle

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Answer 7

Because underlying biology is chemistry. Chemistry makes up the components of hormones and neurochemicals.

Answer 8

it is like you know how to write but you dont have the tools to write... Chemistry is related to biology. Without chemistry, scientists won't find any medicine or cure for diseases for example.

Answer 9

Chemistry is considered the central science because all other science can normally be explained buy it. We could not describe the building blocks of life such as DNA, proteins, sugars, fats etc without the use of chemistry.

Answer 10

because every living thing is made out of cells and cells are made of molecules, molecules are chemistry and every process involve in life is a chemical process. Plus with chemistry you can understan metabolism and even the structure of DNA.