UNIT 1

BIOLOGY BASICS

100

How do we track or monitor macro-evolution?

Tree of Life (Last universal common ancestor)

200

What is the Central Dogma?

DNA -> RNA -> Protein

300

Prokaryotes are ____

Bacteria and Archaea 

400

What is the Macromolecule of Nucleic Acids (nucleotides)?

DNA & RNA

500

TRUE OR FALSE: In H2O, the oxygen is more electronegative, making it polar.

True

PROTEIN

100

Actin is an example of what protein?

a. Signal

b. transcription factors

c. structural

d. motor 

C

200

Define Chaparons

Assistant in protein folding

300

Protein unfolding is ____

denature 

400

Proteins connect with ____ interactions

(Covalent; Noncovalent)

Noncovalent 

500

TRUE OR FALSE: One way to change the Km in the performance in an enzyme is to use an allosteric 

TRUE

CHEMICAL COMPONENTS OF CELLS

100

Protons are __ , while electrons are __ (negative, positive).

Positive; Negative

200

How many amino acids are essential? 

a. 9

b. 12

c. 11

d. 4

A

300

Define Molarity

Number of particles that are available to participate in a chemical reaction

400

TRUE OR FALSE: Di-pole Di-pole bonds are covalent bonds

False

500

Strength of an atom is determined by the ____

electronegativity

REACTIONS

100

Define Entropy 

amount of disorder

200

In oxidation you ___, while reduction you ___ (gain electron, lose electron).

Lose electron; gain electron

300

The fact that energy cannot be created nor destroyed is ____

The law of conservation of energy

400

The gas constant is 

a. 8.07J/mol

b. 8.314J/mol

c. 8.07KJ/mol

d. 8.314 KJ/mol

B

500

We can make reactions happen more often by ___ activation energy (Increase, decrease).

Decrease