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1107
Final Exam: Review of previous material
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
07/30/2008

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what are the steps of scientific method
Definition
Observation, asking questions, forming  hypothesis, testin hyopthesis, accepting or rejecting hypothesis
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4 different types of biochemical molecules and their sturcture

 

Definition
Carbohydrates...sugar, proteins....amino acids,lipids.... fatty acids,neucleic acids....nucleotides
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important organelles and their functions

 

 

Definition
Lysosomes...digestion/mitochondria..energy production/chloroplast...photosynthesis/robosomes...protiein synthesis.../golgi apparatis...packaging
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structure of cell membrane
Definition
phospholipid bilayer with proteins embedded
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what do enzymes do and how do they get their names
Definition
they speed up reactions and they are named after their substrates
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what are the three different parts of aerobic metabolism and their products and where they occur
Definition

Glycolosis..pyruvate(pyruvic acid)...in cytoplazm

Krebs cycle...CO2...in matrix of mitochondria

Electron transport chan..ATP..in wall of mitochondria

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what are the different stages of mitosis
Definition
prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
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what are the stages of meiosis

Definition
meiosis 1 and meiosis 2
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what is the process of fermintation and what does it produce

Definition

C6,H12,O6-------->CO2+alcohol or lactic acid

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What is the difference between Mitosis and Meiosis

Definition

Meiosis          Mitosis

sex cells        body cells

four cells       two cells

haploid          hiploid 

 

 

Term
what does homozygous and heterozygous mean?
Definition

homozygous means Genes are the same

heterzygous means that the genes are different

Term
What happens when genes of different genotypes are crossed?
Definition

Aa x Aa= 25% recessive 75% domainant

Aa x aa=50% ressesive 50% domainant

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What is the structure of DNA and how does it replicate?
Definition

Double Helix

A-->T

G-->C

 

DNA plymerase

Term
What is mRNA?
Definition
messanger, involved with transcription
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What is tRNA?

Definition
it bring amino acids to the ribosome
Term
What is rRNA?
Definition
it is found in the ribosomes
Term
what is transcripton?
Definition

mRNA production

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What is translation?
Definition
Protein Synthesis
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What is the central dogma of molecular biology?
Definition
Information--->DNA----->RNA--->Proteins
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what is the pH scale?
Definition

acidic  1---->6.9

base--->7

basic 7.1---->14

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Know the different organs of the male and female reproduction system and how they work.
Definition

Male----->Testis and penis

Female ------->Ovaries and Uterus

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