Biology 1404 exam Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Define Evolution - -the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient ones -What is a theory - -a well tested explanation of a natural phenomena -How are theories developed? - -theories are developed by frequent testings of hypotheses -Who established the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection? - -Charles Darwin -What was the name of the book he published? - -The Origin of Species -What island is famous for its relationship to the theory? - -the Galapagos Islands...

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acetyl CoA - -Is formed when pyruvate first enters into the mitochondria via active transport. -aerobic respiration - -Respiration that requires oxygen -anaerobic - -Process that does not require oxygen -anaerobic cellular respiration - -the process by which cells obtain energy from an energy source without using oxygen -ATP synthase - -Large protein that uses energy from H+ ions to bind ADP and a phosphate group together to produce ATP -chemiosmosis - -the use of energy in a H+ g...

matter - -anything that takes up space and has mass -elements - -any substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances -atom - -the basic smallest unit of a matter that has all the chemical properties of an element -proton - -A positively charged particle that is part of an atom's nucleus. -neutron - -A small particle in the nucleus of the atom, with no electrical charge -electrons - -Negatively charged subatomic particles found in various energy levels (orbital shells...

BIOLOGY 1404 EXAM CHAPTER 4-7 EXAM #2 REVIEW. BIO 1404 OPENSTAX CHAPTER 4-7 EXAM #2 REVIEW CH4 - Cell structure CH5 - Structure and function of plasma membranes CH6 - Metabolism CH7 - Cellular respiration CH4: Cell structure 4.1 A cell is the smallest unit of living things Levels of organization (simplest to complex): cells, tissues, organ, organ system, organism Cells are split into 2 categories: prokaryotic and eukaryotic Bacteria and archaea are PROKARYOTIC Both animal and p...

What features are common to all living organisms? - -enclosed by a membrane presence of cytoplasm presence of DNA presence of ribosomes -How do electrons behave when they absorb or lose energy? - -Electrons move to higher or lower shells by absorbing (higher) or releasing (lower) energy -What is a nonpolar covalent bond? - -The atoms share the electrons equally -What is a polar covalent bond? - -One atom is more electronegative, and the atoms do not share the electron equally (crea...

Allelopathy - -The idea that plants can chemically influence each other -Thomas Chamberlin - -Danger of love, makes it easy to ignore competing facts if too attached to one idea -Frits Wents & James Bonner - -Cal tech scientists came up with allelopathy -Cornelius Muller - -Agreed with allelopathy. Hid results that disagreed with allelopathy, never published data on rabits -Bruce Bartholomew - -Sets up a paper about cows causing zones of no growth and believed allelopathy wasn't tru...

main goal of this chapter - --Explain the "central dogma" of DNA-protein synthesis -Describe the genetic code and how the nucleotide sequence prescribes the amino acid and the protein sequence -The cellular process of _____ generates messenger RNA (mRNA) - -transcription -messenger RNA (mRNA) - -A type of RNA, synthesized from DNA and attached to ribosomes in the cytoplasm; it specifies the primary structure of a protein. -a mobile molecular copy of one or more genes with an alphabet o...

what's the central dogma of genes&proteins? what's an exception to this rule? - -DNA (transcription) - RNA (translation) - protein. reverse transcription. -in ___, the ___ sequence turned to ___ sequence *(_-_) - -transcription - DNA - RNA - T-U -in ___, the "___ ___" stru happens where the ___ is ___ start of ___. it runs in ___ ___, small __ ___. - -translation - Christmas tree - tip - RNA's - transcription - one direction - to big -the ___ starts ___. it is a ___ ___ & is __ bp ...

entire organism - -In unicellular organisms, division of one cell reproduces the __________. -Cell division - -_________ enables multicellular eukaryotes to develop from a single cell and, once fully grown, to renew, repair, or replace cells as needed. -Mitosis - -When does tissue repair occur? -Mitosis - -When does embryonic happen? -Mitosis - -When does development occur? -Mitosis - -When does tissue turnover (renewal) occur? -Meiosis - -When does reproduction occur? -Germ...