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Biology
Undergraduate 1
05/07/2013

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what is biology?
Definition
the scientific study of life
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All of the following are characteristics of life except?
Definition
populations of organisms rarely change over time
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Which of the following structures can perform all of the activities required for life?
Definition
cells
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Humans are composed of what kind of cells?
Definition
eukaryotic
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What is a gene?
Definition
a unit of inheritance
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which domain consists of prokayrotic cells?
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bacteria and archea
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the branch of biology that explains both diversity and the unity of life is what?
Definition
evolution
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unequal reproductive success can lead to what?
Definition
natural selection
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what is the difference between discovery and hypothesis driven science?
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discovery science is mostly about describing nature, whereas hypothesis driven science tries to explain nature
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which statement is correct?
Definition
scientific ideas or subject to repeated testing
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you try to start your car but it does not start which of these is a hypothesis?
Definition
my car battery is dead
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what is all things and their relationship to the enviornment?
Definition
theories
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if children are given vaccines at 18 months this is alos when autistics characteristics appear?
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recieving vaccines is correlated with the onset of autism
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the wakefield study linking vaccines and autism has been descredited because
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all of the above
Term
the four most common elementes?
Definition
C, O, N, H
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which of the following is an essential trace element?
Definition
molybuenum
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the statement that all atoms of an element have the same number of protons is best described as
Definition
a law
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how do you find number of neutrons in a element?
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subtract number from mass
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isotopes of an element have same number of what and different numbers of what?
Definition
protons and nuetrons
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an atom with electrical charge is
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ion
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charge between oppositely charged ions is
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an ionic bond
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name given to bonds that share electron?
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covalent
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why is water a polar molecule?
Definition
oxygen end of the molecule has a slight negative charge, and the hydrogen end has slight positive charge
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tendency of molecules to stick together
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cohesion
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a carbon atom can form
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4 covalent bonds
Term
galactose + glucose -> lactose and water
galactose is ?
Definition
monomer
Term
table sugar
Definition
sucrose, a dissacharide
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what is an example of polysacharide?
Definition
starch
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a glycerol with 3 fatty acid is?
Definition
fat
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what fatty acid has double bonds?
Definition
unsaturated
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estrogen is
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steroid
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enzymes are
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protein
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proteins and polymers constructed from
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amino acid monomers
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each kind of amino acid has a different
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side group
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proteins function depends on its
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shape
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deconstruction of a protein's shape is
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denaturation
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nucleic acids are polymers of what monomers?
Definition
nucleotides
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a specific stretch of DNA that programs amino acid sequence into polypeptide is a
Definition
gene
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how does RNA differ from DNA?
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rna contains uracile, dna contains thymine
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what makes ribosomes?
Definition
nucleoulus
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where does protein synthesis happen?
Definition
ribosomes
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based on drugs, smooth er would be in what type of cells?
Definition
liver
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what part of cell is like shippin company?
Definition
golgi appuratus
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what suggestion says chloroplast may have evolved from free living bacteria?
Definition
they have their own dna
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fluid mosaic is for what?
Definition
phospholipids and proteins to drift on plane of membrane
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job of plasma membrane
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regulate traffic
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diffusion is
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passive transport
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facilitated diffusion requires?
Definition
transport proteins that move substances down
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a cell that neither gains nor losses water when in a solution ?
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isotonic to its enviornment
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process of net movement of a substance into a cell even if substance is more concentrated than cell?
Definition
active transport
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enzymes increase the rate of a reaction by
Definition
decreasing activation energy
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substance that plugs up enzyme active site and prevents it from functioning
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enzyme inhibitors
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photosynthetic organisms are
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producers that make their own organic matter from inorganic molecules
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a product of glycolosis
Definition
pyruvic acid
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electron transport takes place in the
Definition
mitochondria
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photosynthesis contributes to plant growth by
Definition
taking in co2 and making sugars
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what is the function of the stomata
Definition
gas exchange
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light reaction in photosynthesis takes place
Definition
in the thylakoid membrane
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which is found in both cell resperation and in light reaction of photosynthesis?
Definition
electron transport chain
Term
the calvin cycle requires
Definition
atp and nadph
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how many times must a calvin cycle turn for plants to produce glucose?
Definition
6
Term
the sum of all chemical reactions in an organism
Definition
metabolism
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usually enzymes are
Definition
proteins
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region of enzyme where substrate binds is
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active site
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the pathway that starts with glucose and produces 2 pyruvic molecules is
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glycolosis
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plants that open their stomata at night only
Definition
desert plants
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correct order
Definition
prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
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whats the difference
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mitosis creates genetically identical cells, but meiosis does not
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a karyotype would be unable to display
Definition
eye color
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alleles are
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alternate versions of genes
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according to mendels law of segregation
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gmetes have one copy each allele
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