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Bio Test 1
DNA, ect
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Biology
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02/12/2005

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Term
2 types of metabolism
Definition

Anabolism (builds up)

Catabolism (breaks down)
Term
Deoxyribo nucleic acid (DNA) does 4 things:
Definition

1) Organizese RNA -> proteins

2) Codes info

3) Energy (capacity to do work)

4) Metabolism (how energy is converted. The sum of all processes occurring in the body)
Term
Chemical formula for Photosynthesis:
Definition
CO2 + H20 -> (sunlight) Sugars + O2
Term
Chemical formula for Respiration:
Definition
Sugar + O2 -> CO2 + energy
Term
What are receptors?
Definition
Nerves, ect.
Term
Define homeostasis
Definition
Keeping conditions of the internal environment to a tolerate limit
Term
Define population
Definition
Group of like species
Term
Define organ
Definition
Group of tissues
Term
Define tissue
Definition
Group of cells
Term
Define cell
Definition
Smallest unit with the capacity to live and reproduce
Term
Define community
Definition
Group of species
Term
Define ecosystem
Definition
Community and its physical environment
Term
What is a biosphere?
Definition
Different ecosystems
Term
What does aerobic respiration take place?
Definition
In presence of O2
Term

What are decomposers?
Give two examples
Definition

Break down organic matter found in dead plants and animals.
Ex: fungi and bacteria
Term
Scientific names are made up of two parts:
Definition

Genus and Species
Ex: Quercus (genus) alba (species) = White Oak
Term
3 domain system of Classification
Definition

Bacteria

Archaea

Eukarya
Term
6 Kingdoms
Definition

Archaebacteria

Eubacteria

Protista

Fungi

Plants

Animals
Term
3 types of archaebacteria
Definition

Hallophilic

Thermophilic

Methanogens
Term
Two types of eubacteria
Definition

Autotrophs- photoenergy

Heterotrophs - call on outside organisms for energy
Term
Two examples of fungi
Definition

Molds

Mushrooms
Term
Define prokaryotic
Definition
refers to having no true nucleus
Term
Two types of prokaryotes
Definition

Archaebacteria

Eubacteria
Term
Define eukaryotic
Definition
Group of cells that contain a distinctive array of organelles
Term
3 characteristics of plant cells
Definition

Vacuole

Chloroplast

Cell Wall
Term
Nucleus of a plant cell has 3 characteristics:
Definition

- Holds DNA

- Has nucelolus (where RNA is formed)

- Nuclear envelope
Term
2 components of the nuclear envelope
Definition

-has pores

-has double wall
Term
Define organelles
Definition
Small subcellular particles found within the cell
Term
3 domains of Prokaryotes
Definition

Archaebacteria

Eubacteria

Eukaryotes
Term
4 Domains of eukaryotes
Definition

Protista

Fungi

Animalia

Plantae
Term
Membrane has two types of molecules present
Definition

Proteins

Phospholipids
Term
What are phospholipids?
Definition
Special type of fat that has a phosphate attached
Term
Choloroplast is involved in...(3)
Definition

Photosynthesis

Stroma

Grana
Term
Inside thylakoids there are two components:
Definition

Enzymes

Pigments
Term
Pigments contain ____ which _____
Definition
Cholorophyll, traps sunlight
Term
Enzymes help do what?
Definition
Control metabolic action
Term
Pigments help do what?
Definition
Capture sunlight
Term
Sugar formula
Definition
C6 H12 O6
Term
H12 is a...
Definition
Monosaccharide known as sugar or glucose
Term
sunlight + Co2 + H20 ->
Definition
C6 H12 O6 + O2
Term
Xanthophyll is what color?
Definition
yellow
Term
Chromoplost contains what?
Definition
Other pignments of different color
Term
Sugar is formed in ___
Definition
Stroma
Term
Starch is contained in ____
Definition
Amyloplast
Term
____ is like the "syrup" around the "pancakes" or ____, where sugar is produced.
Definition
Stroma, Grana
Term
Mitochondria is involved in what?
Definition
Transferring energy from carbohydrate in the form of ATP
Term
Folds of the inner membrane are called ____
Definition
Cristae
Term
Inside the membrane is a ____ or a substance
Definition
matrix
Term
The advantage of the folded cristae in mitochondria is:
Definition
an increase in the surface area
Term
____ are broken down in the Mitochondria
Definition
Carbohydrates
Term
Mitochondra have their own ____ and ____
Definition
DNA and ribosomes
Term
Mitochondria probably originated from...
Definition
an ancient bacteria that was engulfed by a predatory cell.
Term
In Mitochondria ____ occurs. ___ is broken down, it is a ____ process.
Definition
Respiration, Sugar, catabolic
Term
Endomembrane system consists of ____ where two things happen:
Definition

Organelles

Lipids are assembled

Euproteins are made
Term
A whole connection of tubes and flatted saclike structures
Definition
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Term
Two kinds of endoplasmic reticulum
Definition
Rough and Smooth
Term
Sacs that have many ribosomes attached
Definition
Rough ER
Term
Two components of rough ER
Definition

1) Proteins are synthesized inside ribosomes

2) Sugar gropus are attached to proteins as they pass through to secretory vesicles
Term
Smooth ER has no ____.
Definition
ribosomes
Term
Two components of smooth ER
Definition

1) Vesicles that carry proteins and lipids are budded off.

2) Packaging materials
Term
Characteristics of Golgi Bodies (6)
Definition

1) Flattened sacs

2) Edges break off as secretory vsicles

3) Final storehouse of proteins

4) "Shipping factories"

5) Discharge product at plasma membrane

6) "Packaging and shipping house"
Term
Type of vesicle
Definition
Lysosome
Term
3 characteristics of Lysosomes
Definition

1) Have budded from Golgi Body

2) Carry powerful enzyme to help break down old cell particles, bacteria, ect.

3) Trash compactor
Term
3 characteristcs of Peroxisome
Definition

1) Has enzymes that uses oxygen to help break down substances

2) Forms hydrogen peroxide

3) Helps break down foreign materials
Term
Characteristics of Cytoskeleton (2)
Definition

1) Made up of threads, lattices, fibers.

2) Helps give cell internal organization, shape, and capacity to move.
Term
Cytoskeleton has 3 components, ____, ___, and ____ which are made up of ____.
Definition

1) Microtubules

2) Microfilaments

3) Intermediate filaments

-proteins
Term
Flagella has a ring of ___ (number) ___.
Definition
9 microtubules
Term
Both ___ and ___ have same internal structure, but ____ is short.
Definition
Cilia and flagella, cilia
Term
___ saw the facets of an insects' eye.
Definition
Galileo
Term
____ saw compartments in cork which he named cells.
Definition
Robert Hooke
Term
____ observed several types of living cells, including sperm.
Definition
Van Leeuwenhook
Term
___ & ___ proposed the idea of the cell theory.
Definition
Schleliden, Schwann
Term
3 components of the cell theory
Definition

1) All organisms are composed of one or more cells

2) Cell is the smallest unit having properties of life

3) The continuity of life arises directly from the growth and division of single cells
Term
Number of protons
Definition
Atomic number
Term
What is atomic mass?
Definition
Number of protons plus the number of neutrons.
Term
What is a proton?
Definition
Positively charged particle; one or more in the nucleus of each atom.
Term
What is a neutron?
Definition
Unit in the atomic nucleus that has mass but no electric charge.
Term
What is an electron?
Definition
Negatively charged unit of matter, with particulate and wavelike properties, that occupies one of the orbitals around the atomic nucleus. Atoms gain, lose, or share electrons.
Term
What is an isotope?
Definition
Varyiation on the form of the atom.
One of two or more forms of an element's atoms that differ in the number of neutrons.
Term
What are radio isotopes?
Definition
Unstable and tend to decay more than other atoms.
Term
What are radio isotopes useful for? (2)
Definition

1) Track different kinds of disease and diagnose disease.

2) Tracers in fossils and medicine
Term
Shell closest to nucleus can hold ___ electrons.
(number)
Definition
2
Term
The second orbital closest to the shell can have ___ electrons.
(number)
Definition
8
Term
___ are negative and repelled by other electrons.
Definition
Electrons
Term
Electrons are attracted to ____
Definition
Proteins
Term
Unfilled orbitals in the outermost shell tend to...
Definition
react with other atoms
Term
Bond that holds together two atoms that share one or more pairs of electrons
Definition
covalent
Term
Bond that has an association of two ions that have opposing charge
Definition
Ion
Term
Bond that occurs when an atom or molecule interacts wealky with a hydrogen atom
Definition
Hydrogen
Term
Bonded unit of two or more same or different atoms
Definition
Molecule
Term
Two or more different elements combined in fixed proportions
Definition
Compound
Term
Two or more elements in intermingled or different proportions.
Definition
Mixture
Term
Atoms with a charged particle.
Example?
Definition

Ion

Salt
Term
Sharing of electrons
Definition
Covalent bonds
Term
___ bonding gives each a complete outer shell.
Definition
covalent
Term
Two properties of water
Definition

1) Water is a polar substance

2) Can form hydrogen bonds with other substances
Term
What is a polar substance?
Definition
Has a negative and positive end
Term
Polar substances are hydro____.
Definition
phillic (water loving)
Term
Nonpolar substances are hydro___.
Definition
phobic (water dreading)
Term
Why does water tend to stablize temperature?
Definition
Because it can absorb a lot of heat before it changes state.
Term
___ degrees F or ___ degrees C required to change water to vapor.
Definition
212, 100
Term
___ degrees F or ___ C to freeze water
Definition
32, 0
Term

The bonding of water molecules helps it from _____.

Also helps ___, which pulls water through plants, ect
.
Definition

rupturing,

sufrace tension
Term
Water is a ____, which means that ions and polar molecules easily dissolve in it.
Definition
solvent
Term

pH scale is ____. (number scale)

___ is neutral.

___ is basic

___ is acidic
Definition

1-14,

7,

8-14,

6-1
Term

HCl is an ____.

What does it do?
Definition

Acid

Releases hydrogen ions when it's put in a solution.
Term
NaCl is a ____. What does it do?
Definition
Base, releases hydroxyl ions.
Term
Buffers do 4 things
Definition

1) Necessary to maintain homeostasis in a system.

2) Partnership between a weak acid and a base, (buffer system)

3) Release hydrogen ions to resist a change in pH.

4) Help maintin a steady pH
Term
___ forms when an acid reacts with a base, such as NaOH + HCl -> NaCl + H20
Definition
Salt
Term
What is an organic compound?
Definition
Contains carbon and one or more addictional elements covalently bonded to each other.
Term
Only ____ ____ can synthesize these organic compounds.
Definition
living cells
Term
Basic group of organic compounds (4)
Definition

Carbohydrates

Lipids

Proteins

Nucleic Acids
Term
__,__, and ___ most abundant of living matter
Definition
Oxygen, hydrogen, carbon
Term
basic structures that make up organic molecules (4)
Definition

Simple Sugars

Fatty Acids

Amino Acids

Nucleotides
Term

___ are individual gropus.

When they come together they form ___.
Definition
Monomers, polymers
Term
Stripping of a H from one monomer and stripping OH from another monomer and they comet ogether to form water. Form a strong bond.
Definition
Condensation
Term
Water splits -OH on one monomer and H on the other and it splits the molecule.
Definition
Hydrolysis
Term
A simple sugar is a ____
Definition
monosaccharide
Term
Components of monosaccharaide (5)
Definition

Consists of one sugar unit

Soluble in water

Sweet taste

A lot of hydroxyl groups

Backbones for nucleic acids
Term
Ex of 5 carbon sugars (2)
Definition

Ribose

Dexoyribose
Term
2 short-chain carbohydrates
Definition

Oligosaccharide

Disaccharide
Term
Short chain of 3 or so monomers. 3 chains for membrane function
Definition
Olgisaccharide
Term

Gluclose and galactose.

Ex.
Definition

Lactose

milk
Term

gluclose + fructose

Ex.
Definition

Sucrose

Plants (transport sugar)
Term

2 gluclose units

Ex
Definition

Maltose

Beer (found in germinating seed)
Term
3 dissacharides
Definition
Lactose, Sucrose, Maltose
Term
A many chained branch to hundreds and thousands of simple sugar monomers
Definition
Polysaccharides
Term
4 examples of polysaccharides
Definition

Starch

Cellulose

Glycogen

Chitin
Term
Storage form for energy
Definition
Starch
Term
Tough, soluble type of polysaccharide
Definition
Cellulose
Term
Storage product to store energy in muscles and liver of animals
Definition
Glycogen
Term
In walls of fungi and anthropods
Definition
Chitin
Term
5 characteristics of lipids
Definition

1) oily

2) greasy

3) do not dissolve in water

4) hydrophobic

5) can be broken down by hydrolysis
Term
Insertion of water molecules to break up compounds. Enzymatic reaction
Definition
Hydrolysis
Term
Lipds are used for (3)
Definition

Energy storage

Membrane structures

Coatings or outside layers
Term
Example of a lipid
Definition
Wax
Term
A long chain of carbons and hydrogens with a COOH (carboxyl) group at the end.
Definition
Fatty acids
Term
___ are liquid (oil) at room temperature because one or more of the double bond connections permits a kink in the chain. Found in plants
Definition
Unsaturated fats
Term
Are triglycerides. Have only single bonds in the chain and at room temperature they are solid.
Definition
Saturated fats
Term
How are basic fats formed?
Definition
Fatty acids connected to a glycerol
Term
How are triglycerides formed?
Definition
3 fatty acids connected to the glycerol unit
Term
___ are a source of energy and yields twice the energy of a carbohydrate.
Definition
fats
Term
___ ___ are in a chain connected to a carboxyl group
Definition
fatty acids
Term
Made up of two fatty acids + a phosphate group connected to a glycerol
Definition
Phospholipid
Term
Main materials of the cell membrane
Definition
Phospholipid
Term
Phospholipids are hydro____.
Definition
phobic
Term
Sterols have a backbone of ___ (number) ___ ___.
Definition
4 carbon rings
Term
Example of sterols (3)
Definition
Testosterone, estrogen, Vitamin D
Term
Sterols are types of ____
Definition
lipids
Term
Long form of fatty acids and attached to alcohol or carbon rings
Definition
waxes
Term
Serve as coatings for plants
Definition
Waxes
Term
A long line of amino acids
Definition
Proteins
Term
Proteins have many functions (7)
Definition

1) enzymes

2) used for movement in cytoskeleton

3) storage

4) transportation

5) hormones

6) antibodies

7) structural (hair, nails)
Term
For every amino acid you have 4 groups that make up the structure
Definition

1) amino

2) carboxyl (attached to carbon)

3) "R"

4) hydrogen
Term
20 amino acid groups all covalently bonded to ____ atom.
Definition
Carbon
Term
Amino acids are joined together in a primary structure called ____.
Definition
Polypeptides
Term
Bonding in polypeptides is known as ___ ___.
Definition
Peptide bonding
Term
Different types of polypeptide structures.
Definition

1) Helix

2) Pleated

3) Tertiary

4) Cortonary (hemoglobin)
Term
Proteins can be ____. This is caused by __ __ or __.
Definition

de-natured

High temperature

pH
Term
___ have nucleic acids.
Definition
Nucleotides
Term
Each nucleotide consists of (3)
Definition

1) 5 carbon sugar

2) nitrogen base

3) phosphate group
Term
Nucleotides make up (3)
Definition
RNA, DNA, ATP
Term
An energy molecule. Considered in protein synthesis.
Definition
ATP
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