Chapter 1
Where is genetic information held? (DNA/RNA)
In the chromosome within the nucleus if eukaryotic, in nucleoid if prokaryotic.
What phenomenon/ formation causes water to dense at 4 C
Formation of Crystal Lattice
What are the 4 Macromolecules?
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
Proteins
What is required for a molecule to be organic
Carbon - Hydrogen Bond
What are the Pyrimidines and Purines?
Pyrimidines - Cytosine, Thymine, and Uracil
Purine - Gaunine, and Adenine
(Purine has 2 rings)
What are the 4 evidences of evolution?
Comparative Anatomy
Comparative Embryology
Molecular Biology
What 3 traits of water are due to the effects of polarity
Adhesion, Cohesion, and Surface tension
Describe a dehydration and hydrolysis reaction.
Dehydration reaction pulls 2 Hydrogens and an Oxygen from a molecule to create and open space for 2 different molecules to join (Building)
Hydrolysis reaction breaks a water molcule to insert itself into a molecule to break it apart. (Breaking)
What step in the Scientific Method is this?
"The color patterns in the mice had evolved as adaptations that camouflage the mice to protect them from predation. "
Hypothesis
What Nucleotides bases pair with each other in DNA
A - T
C - G
What are Charles Darwin's 2 main points in evolution?
1) Descent with modification from common Ancestor
2) Natural Selection
What bonds hold multiple water molecules together?
Hydrogen Bond
Differentiate B-Glucose and A-glucose (Draw them)
Beta glucose has OH group on top of 1st carbon instead of second.
What form of Reasoning is this?
1. All mammals have lungs
2. Dolphins are mammals
3. All dolphins have lungs
Deductive Reasoning
What are the 3 groups of the Nucleic acid?
Phosphate Group
Nitrogenous Base
Sugar Backbone
The 3 Characteristics that separate Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes are?
Unicellular vs Multicellular
Prok. have no nuclues and no membrane bound organelles
Euk. + nucleus, + membrane bound organelles
Definition of High specific heat
The amount of heat/energy (absorbs or loses) it takes for 1g of a substance to change 1C.
Differentiate Amylose, Amylopectin, and Glycogen (Draw it)
Drawn Answer
List the levels of Bio-organization from Largest to Smallest.
Biosphere, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism, Organ System, Organ, Tissue, Cells, Organelles, Molecules, Atoms
What is the role of a buffer, and how does it work?
A buffer is used to minimize/resist the change in pH of a solution.
By releasing H+ in a basic solution or absorbing H+ in a acidic solution