General Biology 115 Final Rutgers
Exam and All Correct Answers.
Memory - Answer storage
Learning - Answer using information
Gene Expression - Answer how your DNA is used
Signal Transduction - Answer when your expression occurs
Neuronal Plasticity - Answer modified after birth, meaning connections in the brain can be
remodeled by experiences
Synapses - Answer tiny spaces between neurons, tells brain what is important
encode - Answer permanent connections in the brain
store - Answer memory in cerebral cortex
sensory memory - Answer experience; if you pay attention it goes to short term memory or
working memory
short term memory - Answer what you are aware of now, held for a short time. Holds 7+- 2
items
ex: plan, strategize, organize, create organizers, outline
Long term memory - Answer permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system
ex: practice evaluations, discussions, self evals
long-term potentiation (LTP) - Answer a process whereby communication across the synapse
between neurons strengthens the connection, making further communication easier
Chunking - Answer organizing items into familiar, manageable units
ex:
,Studying in Segments
Review every few days
Determine what you know
Try to explain the material to someone else
stimulus - Answer any event or situation that evokes a response
ex: lectures/ notes
Evolution - Answer Change in a kind of organism over time; process by which modern
organisms have descended from ancient organisms.
emergent properties - Answer New properties that arise with each step upward in the
hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases.
Levels of Biological Organization (largest to smallest) - Answer biosphere, ecosystems,
communities, populations, organisms, organs and organ systems, tissues, cells, organelles,
molecules
The Scientific Method - Answer Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Data Collection,
Conclusion, and Retest (if needed)
Hypothesis - Answer A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
Predictions - Answer specific statements that can be directly and unequivocally tested
Theory - Answer A broad explanation of natural events that is supported by strong evidence.
Law - Answer statement of what always happens/ is
CHON - Answer Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen make up 96% of living matter
Protons - Answer Charge: +
Location: nucleus
Role in atom: identity and mass
Electrons - Answer Charge: -
, Location: orbiting nucleus
Role in atom: reactions
Neutrons - Answer Charge: no charge
Location: nucleus
Role in atom: mass
Potential Energy - Answer stored energy
ex: further away e- is from the nucleus, the more potential energy e- has
Molecules - Answer Groups of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds
chemical bonds - Answer the attractive force that holds atoms or ions together
Electronegativty - Answer a measure of the tendency of an atom to attract a bonding pair of
electrons
Covalent Bonds (Nonpolar) - Answer Strength: strongest
Between: atoms
E-Sharing: equally
Electronegativity: same
Solubility: non-polar solvents
Example: CH4, O2, H2
Covalent Bonds (Polar) - Answer Strength: strongest
Between: atoms
E-Sharing: unequally
Electronegativity: < 2 difference
Solubility: polar solvents
Example: H2O
Ionic Bonds - Answer Strength: Not so strong (b/c of water)
Between:atoms
E-Sharing: transferred
Electronegativity: > 2 difference
Exam and All Correct Answers.
Memory - Answer storage
Learning - Answer using information
Gene Expression - Answer how your DNA is used
Signal Transduction - Answer when your expression occurs
Neuronal Plasticity - Answer modified after birth, meaning connections in the brain can be
remodeled by experiences
Synapses - Answer tiny spaces between neurons, tells brain what is important
encode - Answer permanent connections in the brain
store - Answer memory in cerebral cortex
sensory memory - Answer experience; if you pay attention it goes to short term memory or
working memory
short term memory - Answer what you are aware of now, held for a short time. Holds 7+- 2
items
ex: plan, strategize, organize, create organizers, outline
Long term memory - Answer permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system
ex: practice evaluations, discussions, self evals
long-term potentiation (LTP) - Answer a process whereby communication across the synapse
between neurons strengthens the connection, making further communication easier
Chunking - Answer organizing items into familiar, manageable units
ex:
,Studying in Segments
Review every few days
Determine what you know
Try to explain the material to someone else
stimulus - Answer any event or situation that evokes a response
ex: lectures/ notes
Evolution - Answer Change in a kind of organism over time; process by which modern
organisms have descended from ancient organisms.
emergent properties - Answer New properties that arise with each step upward in the
hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases.
Levels of Biological Organization (largest to smallest) - Answer biosphere, ecosystems,
communities, populations, organisms, organs and organ systems, tissues, cells, organelles,
molecules
The Scientific Method - Answer Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Data Collection,
Conclusion, and Retest (if needed)
Hypothesis - Answer A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
Predictions - Answer specific statements that can be directly and unequivocally tested
Theory - Answer A broad explanation of natural events that is supported by strong evidence.
Law - Answer statement of what always happens/ is
CHON - Answer Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen make up 96% of living matter
Protons - Answer Charge: +
Location: nucleus
Role in atom: identity and mass
Electrons - Answer Charge: -
, Location: orbiting nucleus
Role in atom: reactions
Neutrons - Answer Charge: no charge
Location: nucleus
Role in atom: mass
Potential Energy - Answer stored energy
ex: further away e- is from the nucleus, the more potential energy e- has
Molecules - Answer Groups of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds
chemical bonds - Answer the attractive force that holds atoms or ions together
Electronegativty - Answer a measure of the tendency of an atom to attract a bonding pair of
electrons
Covalent Bonds (Nonpolar) - Answer Strength: strongest
Between: atoms
E-Sharing: equally
Electronegativity: same
Solubility: non-polar solvents
Example: CH4, O2, H2
Covalent Bonds (Polar) - Answer Strength: strongest
Between: atoms
E-Sharing: unequally
Electronegativity: < 2 difference
Solubility: polar solvents
Example: H2O
Ionic Bonds - Answer Strength: Not so strong (b/c of water)
Between:atoms
E-Sharing: transferred
Electronegativity: > 2 difference
