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MCB 2000 Exam 1
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
01/21/2015

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Term
What makes it possible to maintain life on earth?
Definition
Microorganisms
Term
What are the 3 domains?
Definition
Eukaryota, Archaea, Bacteria
Term
How many microorganisms cause diseases?
Definition
Small fraction
Term
What are the 2 groups of cells?
Definition
Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
Term
What are considered Prokaryotes?
Definition
Archaea and Bacteria
Term
What is the main reason for the science of Microbiology?
Definition
Fermentation
Term
What are not considered living, doesn't belong to a cell group, and acellular?
Definition
Virusis
Term
Only what kind of diseases are caused by microorganisms?
Definition
Infectious
Term
What comes from fungi and bacteria, and effects only prokaryotes?
Definition
Antibiotics
Term
What is the genetic blue print of a cell and is sued to create a structure?
Definition
DNA
Term
An entity that can not be seen with the naked eye?
Definition
Microbes
Term
Who was the first person to see microbes under a microscope?
Definition
Antony van Leeuwenhoek
Term
Who introduced a vaccine for smallpox?
Definition
Edward Jenner
Term
Who suggested hand washing as a way to prevent contagious diseases to be transmitted by physicians?
Definition
Ignaz Semmelweis
Term
Who discovered the first antibiotic, penicillin?
Definition
Alexander Fleming
Term
What are the top 3 causes of death in the world?
Definition
Heart disease, Stroke, and Cancer
Term
What are the top 3 causes of death in the U.S?
Definition
Heart disease, Cancer, and Stroke
Term
We have more control of what kind of diseases than any other?
Definition
Bacteria
Term
What 3 factors have decreased infectious diseases?
Definition
Clean water, Penicillin, and Vaccinations
Term
What class of microorganisms have simple morphology and lack a true membrane bound nucleus?
Definition
Prokaryotes
Term
What class of microorganisms are morphologically complex and have a true membrane bound nucleus?
Definition
Eukaryotes
Term
What are the 3 domains of microorganisms?
Definition
Eubacteria, Archaea, and Small Eukarya
Term
What are the hallmarks of a cell and minimal requirements for life?
Definition
1. Cell membrane, 2. DNA as genetic material, 3. composed of same genetic material, polymers, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and minerals, 4. Flow of nutrients/exclusion of waste is highly regulated, 5. Require supply of energy, 6. Reproduce
Term
What is the science of interaction b/w atoms and molecules?
Definition
Chemistry
Term
Polymers are made from what?
Definition
Molecules
Term
Molecules are made of two or more what?
Definition
Atoms
Term
All life forms must obey that laws of what 2 things?
Definition
Physics and Chemistry
Term
Why do atoms from molecules?
Definition
To fill their outermost electron shell
Term
Attractive forces that bind 2 atoms together are called what?
Definition
Chemical bonds
Term
What are some examples of chemical bonds?
Definition
Ionic bond, Covalent bond, and Hydrogen bond
Term
What does hydrophobic mean?
Definition
Doesn't interact with water
Term
What does hydrophilic mean
Definition
interacts with water
Term
What is van der Waals force?
Definition
Relates to structure, one region is negative and another region is positive
Term
What are the 6 major bioelements found in the body?
Definition
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur
Term
Every organic molecule must contain what 2 bioelements?
Definition
Carbon and Hydrogen
Term
What is the making or breaking of chemical bonds and has a change in energy?
Definition
Chemical reactions
Term
What reaction requires energy?
Definition
Endergoic
Term
What reaction releases energy?
Definition
Exergonic
Term
What are the 3 categories of chemical reactions?
Definition
Synthesis reaction, Decomposition reaction, and Exchange reactions
Term
What are natures coupling agency?
Definition
Enzymes
Term
What expedites the reaction without consuming it?
Definition
Catalysts
Term
What kind of molecules are the best to build polymers and create dynamic molecules suitable for life?
Definition
Organic molecules
Term
An organic molecule can be what?
Definition
Acidic or basic, Polar or non-polar, and Hydrophillic or hydrophobic
Term
What are the 4 important monomers/polymers?
Definition
1. Sugars/polysaccharides, 2. Fatty acids/lipids, 3. Nucleotide bases/nucleic acids, and 4. Amino acids/proteins
Term
What is a polymer?
Definition
Repeating units that are identical or the same of molecules
Term
What are some examples of monosaccraides?
Definition
Glucose, fructose, galactose, and ribose
Term
What are some examples of Polysaccrides?
Definition
Starch, glycogen, and cellulose
Term
What are 3 functions of carbohydrates?
Definition
Structural units, Energy source, and Component of cell membrane
Term
Fatty acids/lipids contain both hydrophobic and hydrophilic group, indicated what term?
Definition
Amphipathic
Term
Lipids are non-polar and what that allows cells to function as independent entities?
Definition
Water soluble
Term
Lipids are an ideal membrane structure and function is what?
Definition
Energy storage
Term
What does saturated mean?
Definition
Less double bonds and more hydrogen bonds
Term
What does unsaturated mean?
Definition
More double bonds and less hydrogen bonds
Term
What is an important component of membranes?
Definition
Phospholipids
Term
In a phospholipids, where is the hydrophilic region located?
Definition
Head
Term
In a phospholipids, where is the hydrophobic region located?
Definition
Tail
Term
What do double bonds create in a phospholipid?
Definition
Flexibility
Term
Nucleotides contain what 3 components?
Definition
Nucleotide bases, Sugar, and Phosphates
Term
What are the 3 major types of RNA?
Definition
Messenger RNA, Ribosomal RNA, Transfer RNA
Term
Ribosomes synthesis what?
Definition
Protein
Term
What is the predominant organic molecule in cells?
Definition
Protein
Term
What are the building blocks of proteins bound together via peptide bonds?
Definition
Amino acids
Term
What contains an unspecified number of amino acids?
Definition
Polypeptide
Term
What are some of the essential purposes of protein in the cell?
Definition
Catalyze chemical reactions, regulate cellular processes, provide structural support, surface receptor, and carrier
Term
What is the most versatile polymer?
Definition
Protein
Term
Protein bonding and folding depends on the sequence of their what?
Definition
Amino acids
Term
What are the 4 protein bonding and folding structures?
Definition
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary
Term
What 2 molecules are considered essence of life?
Definition
Nucleotides and Proteins
Term
What are the 3 factors affecting protein shape?
Definition
pH, Temperature, and Salt concentration
Term
If the protein's shape is altered so severely that the protein no longer functions, the protein is considered what?
Definition
Denatured
Term
Long waves lengths have less or more energy?
Definition
Less
Term
Short wave lengths have less or more energy?
Definition
More
Term
What is the purpose of microscopes?
Definition
Magnification
Term
What microscope uses visible light, simple to use, and least expensive?
Definition
Bright-field
Term
What microscope uses visible light with a special condenser, reflect off specimen at an angle, background is black and specimen is light?
Definition
Dark-field
Term
What microscope uses UV light?
Definition
Flourescence
Term
What microscope uses laser light and is seen as 3D?
Definition
Confocal
Term
What electron microscope uses electron beam and adds heavy metals allowing visual of all details of the cell?
Definition
Transmission Electron
Term
What electron microscope uses electron beam and is used to see the surface of the cell?
Definition
Scanning electron
Term
What microscope has to be used to see viruses?
Definition
Electron microscope
Term
What staining only requires 1 dye, uncomplicated, causes all the cells to appear same color and reveals shape, size and arrangement of cells?
Definition
Simple Stains
Term
What staining uses 2 different colored dyes, distinguishes cell type, more complex, and can see contrast?
Definition
Differential Stains
Term
What staining divides into 2 group of cells by positive or negative charge?
Definition
Gram Stain
Term
Dyes that stick to the specimen and gives it color is considered what charge stain?
Definition
Positive (Basic)
Term
Dyes that do not stick to the specimen but settles some distance from its outer boundary, forming a silhouette are considered what charge stain?
Definition
Negative (acidic)
Term
Negatively charged cells repel the negatively charged dye and remain what?
Definition
Unstained
Term
Smear is not heat fixed so there is reduced distortion and what of the cells?
Definition
Shrinkage
Term
What are the steps in a gram stain?
Definition
1. Crystal violet, 2. Iodine, 3. Decolorize with alcohol, and 4. safranin
Term
What has insulation around themselves, can remain the environment for a long time, and can resist elements?
Definition
Endospores (E spores)
Term
What is the flagella used for?
Definition
Motility
Term
What allows bacteria to spread quickly?
Definition
Flagella
Term
Differential stains can allow for what to be seen?
Definition
Mycobacteria (tuberculosis)
Term
special stains can be sued to identify what?
Definition
Motility and structure
Term
Where is gene resistance to antibiotics found in bacteria that can also be shared to spread resistance?
Definition
Plasmids
Term
How do bacteria replicate?
Definition
Binary fussion
Term
What shape of cell that is gram + indicates staph infection?
Definition
Coccus (round) and cluster
Term
What shape of cell that is gram + indicates strep infection?
Definition
Coccus (round) and long chain
Term
What shape of cell that is gram - indicates meningitis and gonorrhea?
Definition
Coccus (round)
Term
What shape of cell is gram + indicates bacillus or colostrum?
Definition
Bacillus (cylinder/oval)
Term
What shape of cell is gram - indicates salmonella?
Definition
Bacillus (cylinder/oval)
Term
What shape of cell indicates syphilis?
Definition
Spirillum (squiggle)
Term
What shape of cell indicates lime disease?
Definition
Spirochete (corkscrew)
Term
What can only be gram - or gram +?
Definition
Bacteria
Term
Every organism must contain what 4 components in a cell?
Definition
Chromosomes, Cell membrane, Cytoplasm, and Ribosomes
Term
Teichoic acid is only found in what bacteria?
Definition
Gram + bacteria
Term
What bacteria is less sensitive to antibiotics?
Definition
Gram - Bacteria
Term
What bacteria has a thick layer of peptidoglycan?
Definition
Gram + bacteria
Term
What bacteria has a thin layer of peptidoglycan?
Definition
Gram - bacteria
Term
What makes penitratino more difficult in gram - bacteria?
Definition
Outer membrane layer
Term
What is the main structural component of both gram +/- bacterial cell wall?
Definition
Peptidoglycan
Term
What is the major target of some antibiotics?
Definition
Peptide bridges
Term
What antibiotic was created to attack peptidoglycan?
Definition
Penicillin
Term
What does Taxis mean?
Definition
The ability to move towards or away from stimulus (from chemotaxis)
Term
What organelles are only found in eukaryotes?
Definition
Nucleus, Rough ER, Smooth ER, Golgi complex, Mitochondria, Lysosome, and Cilium
Term
What domain are prokaryotic microorganisms that are found in extreme environments?
Definition
Archaea
Term
Hows is Archaea different from all the other domains?
Definition
Cell structure, Metabolism, and Genetics
Term
What is it when the inside/outside of cell solute is the same, no movement?
Definition
Isotonic
Term
What is it when the outside dilutes the environment causing water to move in and swell the cell?
Definition
Hypotonic
Term
What is it when the outside is more than the inside causing water to move out of the cell shrinking it?
Definition
Hypertonic
Term
Diffusion can be what 2 things?
Definition
Simple or facilitated
Term
What is the only thing that does not need control or regulation into the cell?
Definition
Water
Term
What is the phenomenon of molecular movement, in which atoms or molecules move in a gradient from an area of higher density or concentration to an area of lower density or concentration?
Definition
Diffusion
Term
How do microbes eat?
Definition
Transport mechanisms
Term
What is the driving force of transport in a cell?
Definition
Atomic and molecular movement
Term
What is the diffusion of water through a selectively or deferentially, permeable membrane?
Definition
Osmosis
Term
simple diffusion is limited to what?
Definition
Small non-polar molecules (oxygen, lipid)
Term
What is the process of moving molecules into or out of cells?
Definition
Transport
Term
Transport of nutrients against diffusion at a rate faster than diffusion alone, presence of specific membrane proteins, and the expenditure of energy are all features of what?
Definition
Active transport
Term
What are some examples of substances transported actively?
Definition
Monosaccride, amino acids, orgain acids, phosphates, and metal ions
Term
What pertains to all chemical reactions and physical workings of the cell?
Definition
Metabolism
Term
What is the synthesis of cell molecules and structures that requires energy?
Definition
Anabolism
Term
What breaks the bonds of larger molecules into smaller molecules releasing energy?
Definition
Catabolism
Term
When do you lose electrons?
Definition
Oxidation
Term
When do you gain electrons?
Definition
Reduction
Term
What is the beginning central pathway to metabolism?
Definition
Glucose
Term
What is the product of glycolysis?
Definition
Pyruvate
Term
What is the net product of glycolysis?
Definition
2 ATP and 2 pyruvate
Term
What is an important cycle for humans and bacteria and a continuation of glycolysis?
Definition
Kreb cycle
Term
The electron transport system is located where in prokaryotes?
Definition
Within the cell membrane
Term
The electron transport system is located where in eukaryotes?
Definition
Inner membrane of mitochondria
Term
Every time ATP is made it is called?
Definition
Phosphorylation
Term
What type of respiration produces 38 ATP, most effective, and only uses oxygen?
Definition
Aerobic respiration
Term
What respiration does not need oxygen and can use other inorganic molecules?
Definition
Anaerobic respiration
Term
What has no respiration, no electron transport system, no kreb cycle, only produces 2 ATP, and uses organic molecules?
Definition
Fermentation
Term
What are the 3 ways to make ATP?
Definition
Substrate level phosphorylation, Oxidative phosphorylation, and Photo-phosphorylation
Term
What phosphorylation produces ATP before the electron transport system?
Definition
Substrate level phosphorylation
Term
What phosphorylation produces ATP after the electron transport system?
Definition
Oxidative phosphorylation
Term
What phosphorylation produces ATP using sunlight?
Definition
Photo-phosphorylation
Term
When it comes to chlorophyll, which absorbs protons from the sun, does bacteria always need it?
Definition
No
Term
What are known as self feeders and make own food by reducing CO2?
Definition
Autotrophs
Term
What are known as other feeders and use ready made organic/ chemical molecules for food?
Definition
Heterotrophs
Term
What Autotroph uses light as energy and some examples are algae and cyanobacteria?
Definition
Photoautotrophs
Term
What autotroph uses inorganic compounds as energy, and some examples are iron, sulfur, archaebacteria?
Definition
Chemoautotrophs
Term
What heterotroph uses light as energy and an example is purple/green non-sulfur bacteria?
Definition
Photoheterotrophs
Term
What heterotroph uses organic compounds as energy and some example is most bacteria, animals, and fungi?
Definition
Chemoheterotrophs
Term
What is generation time?
Definition
Time it takes for generation to double
Term
What is log phase also known as?
Definition
Expedential growth
Term
What is the rate of maximum growth?
Definition
Log phase
Term
What phase is where growth slows down?
Definition
Stationary phase
Term
What are the 2 ways to get pure culture plating?
Definition
Spread plate and Streak plate
Term
What are the 3 waster products of oxygen metabolism that can be toxic to some organisms?
Definition
Superoxide, Peroxide, and Hypocloride
Term
What is beta hemolysis?
Definition
Bacteria that completely kills red blood cells
Term
What is gamma hemolysis?
Definition
Bacteria that creates no destruction of red blood cells
Term
What is a from of communication b/w bacteria?
Definition
Quorum
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