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Bio 102 Final
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
05/09/2011

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Term
Catabolism
Definition

-breaking things down, exergonic (releases energy), negative change in G

 

-respiration

 

 

Term
Anabolism
Definition

-building things up, requires energy- endergonic, positive change in G

 

-photosynthesis

Term
Major Essential Elements of Life
Definition

-Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Hydrogen

-96%

Term
Minor Essential Elements of Life
Definition

Potassium (K), Phosphorous (P), Calcium (Ca), Sulfur (S)

 

-4%

Term
Isotopes
Definition
atoms of same element with different numbers of neutrons
Term
In water, Hydrogen Bonds are formed
Definition
between the negatively charged Oxygen of on water molecule and the positively charged hydrogen of an adjacent molecule
Term
The Buffering System in human blood (pH 7.4) can be described with the reaction:
Definition

H2CO3 -> HCO3-  +  H+

 

-when the pH of blood decreases, the reaction proceeds to the left, forming more H2CO3

Term
Lipids
Definition

-not polymers.

-fats, steroids, phospholipids(cell membrane),

-for energy storage

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saturated vs unsaturated fats
Definition

-saturated fats have no double bonds. ex animal fats

-unsaturated fats have some double bonds. ex plants, fish, oils

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Dehydration & Hydrolysis
Definition

-dehydration makes bonds, 

-hydrolysis breaks bonds

Term
Which type of molecules would diffuse most rapidly across a plasma membrane?
Definition
small hydrophobic molecules
Term
Cytoskeleton (of eukaryotes)
Definition

-made of microfilaments, microtubules, intermediate filaments

-involved in support and cellular motility

Term
nuclear pores
Definition

-in the nuclear envelope

-allow for regulated movement of materials between cytoplasm and nucleus

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Surface area to volume ration
Definition

-decreases as cell gets larger

-surface area determines what can enter/leave the cell

-volume determines metabolic activity

Term
Why is ATP special
Definition
it provides energy for cellular processes by coupling endergonic and exergonic rxns
Term
Enzymes
Definition

-catalyze reactions by lowering the activation energy

-affected by temp, pH, competitive & noncompetitive inhibitors

Term
Inputs and Net Products of Glycolysis
Definition

-inputs: 1 glucose, 2 ATP, (enzymes hexokinase and phosphofructose kinase used also)

-net products: 2 pyruvate, 2 ATP, 2 NADH

Term
Net Products of Oxidative Phosphorylation
Definition

32-34 ATP

 

Term
3 steps of cell communication (in order)
Definition

1 reception

2 transduction

3 response

Term
Protein Kinase
Definition

-an enzyme that transfers phosphorous from ATP to proteins, 

-common type of signal transduction (phosphorylation & dephosphorylation)

Term
Modes of Prokaryotic Reproduction
Definition

-binary fission (asexual)

-conjugation with sex pilus, transformation, transduction

Term

Light Reactions of Photosynthesis

 

Definition

-take place in thylakoid

-convert light energy from excited photon to chemical energy

-produce ATP and NADPH *HOW MANY????????*

 

Term
Dark Reactions (Calvin Cycle)
Definition

-in stroma, convert CO2 to sugar using ATP and NADPH from light rxns

-fixation, reduction, regeneration

 

-9 ATP and 6 NADPH used to produce 1 G3P net

Term
Rubisco
Definition

-the enzyme that catalyzes the reaction where CO2 is joined to the 5C sugar creating the 6C intermediate in the 1st step (fixation) of the calvin cycle

-most abundant protein on the planet

Term
Glycolysis
Definition

-in cytosol

-2 phases = energy investment & energy payoff

-investment: 2 ATP used, P added to each end of 6C glucose molecule

-payoff: it splits in half, 2 NAD+ -> 2NADH and 2 ADP-> 2ATP

 

result: 2 pyruvate, 2 ATP, 2 NADH

 

-part of both cellular respiration & fermentation

Term
Pyruvate Oxidation
Definition

-links glycolysis and the citric acid cycle

-3C pyruvate loses 1 C to become CO2, 

-NAD+ -> NADH

-coA attaches to the 2C to form acetyl coA

Term
Citric Acid Cycle
Definition

- in mitochondria

-coA removed, 2C attached to 4C molecule, forming 6C citrate

-loses 2 C to form 2 CO2 molecules

-2 ATP produced per glucose molecule

Term
Fermentation
Definition

-respiration without oxygen or electron transport

-in cytoplasm

-glucose is broken into 2 pyruvate,

-2NADH, 2 ATP, and lactic acid or ethanol are formed

Term
Oxidative Phosphorylation
Definition

-NADH takes electrons to the transport chain, transferred between carriers, oxidized & reduced

-energy is transferred from electrons to Hydrogen ions across the membrane forming gradient

-H+ flow back down thru ATP synthase, ATP pumped out

 

-32-34 ATP PRODUCED

Term
homolgy
Definition
-similarity due to shared ancestry
Term
-analogy
Definition
-similarity due to convergent evolution: similar environmental pressures & natural selection leading to similar adaptations
Term
Photoautotrophs
Definition

- all 3 domains 

-energy source = light

-carbon source = CO2

Term
photoheterotrophs
Definition

-bacteria

-energy = light

-carbon = organic compounds

 

Term
chemolithotrophs
Definition

-bacteria & archaea

-energy = organic compounds

-carbon = CO2

Term
Chemoheterotrophs
Definition

-all domains

-energy= organic compounds

-carbon= organic compounds

Term
types of plants that produce swimming sperm
Definition
ferns and mosses
Term
Endosperm
Definition
the triploid nutritive tissue in angiosperms
Term
heterosporous plants 
Definition
have 2 types of sporangia that produce 2 types of spores: megasporangia (egg) and microsporangia (sperm)
Term
mixotrophs
Definition
organisms that can obtain carbon nutrition by either photosynthesis or ingestion of an organic compound
Term
Alternation of Generations
Definition

-gametophyte generation (n) includes mitosis

-sporophyte generation (2n) includes meiosis

Term
Charophyceans
Definition

the type of green algae that is most closely related to land plants

 

-relationship indicated by cell division via cell plate and phragmoplast

Term
Mycrorhizal Symbiosis
Definition

-mutual relationship between plant and fungus

 

-plant provides sugars to the fungus, fungus aids the plant in the uptake of water/mineral nutrients

Term
casparian strip
Definition

Forces water and minerals that are moving through the apoplast in the root cortex to cross the plasma membrane of an endodermis cell before entering the vascular cylinder in the roots

 

Term
Long distance transport of water via the adhesion/cohesion mechanism is influenced by
Definition

-evaporative loss of water from mesophyll cells, 

-transpirational pull

-adhesion of water molecules to hydrophillic walls of tracheids and vessel elements (xylem)

Term
non photosynthetic parasitic plants
Definition
are heterotrophic
Term
why are gymnosperms given their name ("naked seed")
Definition
gymnosperm ovules are not contained in a carpel
Term
guttation
Definition

-exudation of water droplets on surfaces of leaves

-caused by positive water pressure in roots

Term
anther
Definition
microsporangium
Term
cotyledon
Definition
embryonic leaves/diploid nutritive tissue
Term
integument
Definition
seed coat
Term
pollen grain
Definition

male gametophyte

 

 

Term
wood
Definition
-secondary xylem produced by vascular cambium
Term
meaning/reason for name Archaeplastida
Definition

-"ancient plastid"

-the group in which chloroplasts were originated by primary endosymbiosis: a eukaryote engulfing a photosynthetic prokaryote and it stabilizing

Term
basidiomycete or ascomycete life cycle
Definition
-contains a dikaryotic phase where karyogamy is delayed so 2 haloid nuclei exist for a period
Term
Possible causes of Cambrian Explosion
Definition

-diversification of Hox genes

-increased predator-prey relationships

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