BIL 150 Mallery Test 1 || 100% CORRECT ANSWERS.
4 Unifying themes of Biology correct answers cell theory, evolution, heredity, and
bioenergetics
Rudolph Virchow theory correct answers all cells arise from pre-existing cells
Spontaneous Generation correct answers Francisco Redi; whole organisms could arise
spontaneously or from inanimate matter
Louis Pasteur correct answers air is full of bacteria; broth
1. store hereditary info
2. replicate hereditary info by templates polymerization
3. transcribe DNA into RNA
4. translate RNA into protein
5. enzymes as catalysts
6. require free energy
7. same molecular building blocks
8. enclosed by cell membrane correct answers universal properties of all cells (8)
Bioenergetics correct answers science of energy flow and thermodynamics within, through,
and between, cells and organisms
Five kingdoms correct answers monera, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia
3 domains (BAE) correct answers archae, bacteria, eukarya
Monera correct answers true bacteria, most successful, single celled
Protista correct answers algae/protozoans; unicellular eukaryotes
Plantae correct answers plants/photosynthetic organisms with cellulosic cell walls
Fungi correct answers molds/yeasts, mushrooms; they decompose other organisms
Animalia correct answers animals, heterotrophs
Cosmology correct answers study of origin of the universe
Nucleosynthesis correct answers process of formation of 92 natural elements in the periodic
table
13.75 billion years correct answers Age of universe
4.5 billion years correct answers Age of earth
3.5 billion years correct answers Age of life
Keplar 452b correct answers most earthlike planet
, Panspermia correct answers life was imported to earth in form of organic building blocks or
microorganisms from far away
Feldspar correct answers microscopic pits that shelter molecules from UV radiation
Magnetite correct answers combination of nitrogen and hydrogen into ammonia
Clay correct answers layered sheets trap organics to form complex molecules
Chirality correct answers when two different configurations are not super-imposable
Enantiomers correct answers Mirror images; same molecular formula but differ in 3D
orientation of atoms
Dextrorotatory (R or D Isomer) correct answers isomer rotates the plane of polarized light to
the right
Levorotatory (S or L Isomer) correct answers Isomer rotates the plane of polarized light to
the left
Calcite correct answers mineral that attracts D&L amino acid isomers to different crystal
faces
Synthetic Cells correct answers to construct artificial organisms that can reproduce and
evolve
Protocells (protobionts) correct answers spherical collection of lipids proposed as a stepping-
stone to the origin of life
Anabolic Pathway correct answers reactions work to make larger molecules from smaller
ones
Catabolic Pathway correct answers degradatory reactions break down larger molecules into
smaller
metabolic pathway correct answers A chemical reaction that produces useable cell energy
(enzyme pathways) used by cells are the same in bacteria, Plants, & animals
Hydrocarbon correct answers molecules made of carbon and hydrogen and have molecular
skeletons
Structural Isomer correct answers have the same empirical formula but different structures
Cis-Isomer correct answers two X's on the same side
Trans-Isomer correct answers two X's on opposite side
Aldose correct answers carbohydrates built on aldehyde; C=O on top
4 Unifying themes of Biology correct answers cell theory, evolution, heredity, and
bioenergetics
Rudolph Virchow theory correct answers all cells arise from pre-existing cells
Spontaneous Generation correct answers Francisco Redi; whole organisms could arise
spontaneously or from inanimate matter
Louis Pasteur correct answers air is full of bacteria; broth
1. store hereditary info
2. replicate hereditary info by templates polymerization
3. transcribe DNA into RNA
4. translate RNA into protein
5. enzymes as catalysts
6. require free energy
7. same molecular building blocks
8. enclosed by cell membrane correct answers universal properties of all cells (8)
Bioenergetics correct answers science of energy flow and thermodynamics within, through,
and between, cells and organisms
Five kingdoms correct answers monera, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia
3 domains (BAE) correct answers archae, bacteria, eukarya
Monera correct answers true bacteria, most successful, single celled
Protista correct answers algae/protozoans; unicellular eukaryotes
Plantae correct answers plants/photosynthetic organisms with cellulosic cell walls
Fungi correct answers molds/yeasts, mushrooms; they decompose other organisms
Animalia correct answers animals, heterotrophs
Cosmology correct answers study of origin of the universe
Nucleosynthesis correct answers process of formation of 92 natural elements in the periodic
table
13.75 billion years correct answers Age of universe
4.5 billion years correct answers Age of earth
3.5 billion years correct answers Age of life
Keplar 452b correct answers most earthlike planet
, Panspermia correct answers life was imported to earth in form of organic building blocks or
microorganisms from far away
Feldspar correct answers microscopic pits that shelter molecules from UV radiation
Magnetite correct answers combination of nitrogen and hydrogen into ammonia
Clay correct answers layered sheets trap organics to form complex molecules
Chirality correct answers when two different configurations are not super-imposable
Enantiomers correct answers Mirror images; same molecular formula but differ in 3D
orientation of atoms
Dextrorotatory (R or D Isomer) correct answers isomer rotates the plane of polarized light to
the right
Levorotatory (S or L Isomer) correct answers Isomer rotates the plane of polarized light to
the left
Calcite correct answers mineral that attracts D&L amino acid isomers to different crystal
faces
Synthetic Cells correct answers to construct artificial organisms that can reproduce and
evolve
Protocells (protobionts) correct answers spherical collection of lipids proposed as a stepping-
stone to the origin of life
Anabolic Pathway correct answers reactions work to make larger molecules from smaller
ones
Catabolic Pathway correct answers degradatory reactions break down larger molecules into
smaller
metabolic pathway correct answers A chemical reaction that produces useable cell energy
(enzyme pathways) used by cells are the same in bacteria, Plants, & animals
Hydrocarbon correct answers molecules made of carbon and hydrogen and have molecular
skeletons
Structural Isomer correct answers have the same empirical formula but different structures
Cis-Isomer correct answers two X's on the same side
Trans-Isomer correct answers two X's on opposite side
Aldose correct answers carbohydrates built on aldehyde; C=O on top
