Chapter 1: Evolution/Themes/Science
Chapter 2:
Chemistry
Chemistry
Chapter 3+4:
Water and
Carbon
Water and
Carbon
Chapter 5:
Large Molecules
Large Molecules
Miscellaneous
100
_____ ____: All living things are composed of cells.
What is Cell Theory?
100
_____: a substance that cannot be broken down by chemical reactions.
What is an element?
100
______ have the same chemical formula but different structures.
What is an Isomer?
100
What are the four classes of macromolecules?
What is Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids?
100
Define the term Biology.
Biology is defined as the scientific study of life.
200
What are the three domains of life?
What is Archaea, Eukarya, and Bacteria?
200
Atoms are made of 3 types of subatomic particles. What are they?
What is Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons?
200
What is the difference between the solvent and the solute?
Solvent: the dissolving agent
Solute: the dissolved substance
200
The bond between two monosaccharides is called a _____ ______.
What is a glycosidic linkage?
200
Solutions with water as the solvent are called ______ solutions.
What is aqueous?
300
What does the Evolutionary Theory state?
Species come from other species, and species change over time.
300
The ____ ____ is the number of protons in each element, while the ____ ____ is the number of protons AND neutrons in an element
What is the Atomic Number/Mass Number?
300
Acids have a pH _____ than 7, while acids have a pH _____ than 7. _______ are solutions of acids and bases that resist changes in pH.
What is less than, greater than, and buffers?
300
What is dehydration synthesis? What is Hydrolysis?
Dehydration Synthesis: Building of a macromolecule -> water lost
Hydrolysis: Breaking down a macromolecule -> water gained
300
What is the outermost shell of an atom called?
What is the valence shell?
400
What are the metabolic pathways through which energy flows in an ecosystem?
What is Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration?
400
What are the three OR four types of bonds discussed in lecture? (Hint: 2 bonds fall under the same category)
What is Nonpolar/polar covalent bonds, ionic bonds, and weak bonds?
400
What can replace H and give molecules their chemical properties?
What is a functional group?
400
What is this image showing?
What is an amino acid structure?
400
Genes consist of DNA, a ____ ____ made of monomers called nucleotides.
What is a nucleic acid?
500
What are the fundamental properties of living systems? (Hint: there are 4 of them)
1. Living systems require energy and matter.
2. Living systems span multiple levels of complexity, acquiring emergent properties w/increasing complexity
3. Living systems are organized around the transmission and expression of genetic information.
4. Living systems are the result of evolution
500
Chemical reactions are said to be ______ and are determined by their ______ and ________.
What is reversible/reactants/products?
500
What are the four emergent properties of water important to life?
1. Moderation of Temperatures (High specific heat + heat of vaporization)
2. Cohesion of water molecules = surface tension, Adhesion to polar molecules
3. Solid is less dense than liquid
4. Solvent for aqueous solutions
500
Why are lipids biologically important? (List 2+ reasons)
Energy storage
Long term energy reserves in mammals
Insulation
Phospholipid bilayer
Hormones/steroids
500
______ bonds can form between atoms of the same element or atoms of different elements; ______ bonds are attractions between anions and cations.
What is a covalent bond? What is an ionic bond?