why is scale so important in understanding biology?

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anonymous · Answer

scale as in determining measurement? when evaluating biology, you have to take dimensions, observations, etc. and you may need to convert between metric systems. celsius/fahrenheit. if that is what you mean. so they knowledge we obtain is translation-able. not sure if that is a word. lol

anonymous · Answer

check out this page- it has a neat slide/animation that is perfect for answering this. http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

anonymous · Answer

It's also important because of how much information the study of biology covers... One can study evolutionary biology, which can span thousands of years, while a cellular biologist is studying, well, cells. Knowing the scale of what branch of biology you are dealing with is necessary. I think there are a lot of answers to this question though. Hope that helps!