Bio 102

Proteins - Answer Nitrogen-containing macronutrients made from amino acids linked together via peptide bonds Structure of Amino Acids - Answer -central carbon bonded to hydrogen atom -nitrogen-containing amino group -carboxylic acid group -R group which determines amino acid Essential Amino Acids - Answer The 9 amino acids that MUST be obtained by diet Non-Essential Amino Acids - Answer The 5 amino acids that DO NOT need to be obtained from diet Conditionally Essential...

vertebrates - Answer animals with backbones invertebrates - Answer Animals without backbones animal groups in order of appearance on earth - Answer animals tied to moist environments - Answer amphibians/ animals who reproduce in water animals that are fully terrestrial - Answer reptiles key adaptations for being terrestrial - Answer amniotic eggs and internal fertilization Sponges - Answer -Body is a series of channels: water IN via pores, central canal, OUT via oscul...

What is plasmolysis? - Answer Plasmolysis is the process in which cells lose water in a hypertonic solution In which osmotic environment will a cell (or potato slice) shrivel - if the environment is saltier than the cells cytoplasm or if the environment is less salty than the cells cytoplasm? will the tissue shrivel or swell - Answer saltier environment - the cell will shrivel less salty environment - cell will swell what is the difference between passive and active flow of ions or ...

evolution - Answer living things change over time natural selection - Answer explains process of descent with modification (strongest live out weak creating stronger proceeding generation) fossils prove 2 things... - Answer 1. life on earth is very old 2. living things have changed over time (some not so much) "connectedness" in fossils - Answer theory explaining observations that don't make sense in terms of natural causes. why whales today have pelvic bone, b/c...