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Comprehensive Biology Chapter 1 review covering characteristics of life, scientific method, cell theory basics, levels of organization, and foundational biology concepts with practice questions and explanations.

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Chapter 1 Biology
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1. monomers from food are used to syn- dehydration synthesis
thesize macromolecules through-

2. The macromolecules in the food hydrolysis
you eat are broken into monomers
through the process of

3. energy is ______ in hydrolysis released, catabolism

4. energy is ______ in dehydration syn- required, anabolism
thesis

5. units of life cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms

6. to be alive a cell must- • Be separate from its environment
• Be able to extract energy from food
• Be able to grow
• Be able to reproduce

7. prokaryotic cells - genetic information in nucleoid
- smaller, simpler than eukaryote
- bacteria

8. eukaryotic cells - membrane-enclosed nucleus
- membrane-bound organelles
- animal and plant cells

9. all cells require: 1. DNA & RNA, the genetic information
2. Ribosomes, protein-building structures
3. Plasma membrane, separates inside & outside
and
regulates movement of molecules in and out.


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4. Cytoplasm, a sugar & protein solution inside the
cell.

10. where are ribosomes located in bac- throughout the cytoplasm
teria

11. Where are ribosomes located in eu- ribosomes are in the cytoplasm and attached to the
karyotes? rough
endoplasmic reticulum

12. how do ribosomes assemble pro- ribosomes need mRNA & amino acids, the subunits
teins? (monomers) of proteins
• Ribosomes "read" the mRNA instructions
• Then, they connect amino acids in the
correct order

13. phospholipid heads are hydrophilic, polar

14. phospholipid tails are hydrophobic, non-polar

15. nucleotide composition




16. nitrogenous bases adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine, uracil

17. genes regions of DNA that have directions on how to make
specific proteins

18. mRNA messenger RNA; type of RNA that carries instructions
from DNA genes in the nucleus to the ribosome

19. central dogma DNA -> RNA -> Protein

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