Bio 102 Flashcards
Biospheere
Deals with life on a global scale
Ecosystem
A distict geographical region ex) tropical rain forest
Biota
Living things
abiotic
nonliving things
Community
all of the living species within an ecosystem
Population
a group of interacting individuals belonging to the same species.
Organisms
Individual Organism
System
groups of organs that work together to achieve a common fuction
Organ
a structure composed of numerous tissues that work together
Tissue
a sheet of cells that fuction together
Cell
the basic unit of life
Organelles
cellular components
Molecules
chemical components of an organelle.
Cellularity
all organisms are comprised of cells
Reproduction
all organisms are capible of producting offspring
Nutritional Requirements
all organisms require nutrients(glucose)
Irritabilty
alll organisms rerspont to stimuli
Homeostaisis
all organisms change in order to remain the smae
Autotrophic
self feeders ex) photosynthesis
Heterotropic
Feeding from a different source
Mutation
all organisms experience changes in their genetic material
Adaptation
all species experience the evolution of features that better equaip them for survival.
Taxonomy
Scence dealing with the naming and classification of organisms
Robert Wittaker
developed the presently used 5 kingdom system
Kingdom Monea
Bacteria and cyanobacteria, Unicellular, Prokaryotic, Some species are motile, Cell walls of peoptidoglycan
Kingdom Protista
Mostly unicellular, Eukaryotic, Algae is autotrophic, Some species are motile
Kingdom Fugi
Mostly multicellular, Eukaryotic, Non-motile, Autotrophic
Kingdom Plantae
Multicellular, Eukaryotic, Autotrophic, Non-motile
Kingdom Animalia
Multicellular, Eukaryotic, Heterotrophic, Motile at some poin in their lives.
Domain Bacteria
Unicellular prokaryotes, “contemperary bacteria”
Domain Archaea
“Ancient” bacteria, Contains bacteria today that are only found in extreme environmental conditions
Domain Eukary
Contains all eukaryotic organisms
Classification order
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
nomenclature
way of naming
First name/ Second name
genus /species
Bionomial nomenclaute
should be italicized First letter should be capitilized Homo sapiencs
Phylogeny
the evolutionary history of a species or a group of sepcies
Fossils
a preserved remnant or impression of an organism that lived in the past
Biogeography
the geographic distribution of past and present species
Pangea split into 2 landmasses
northern-Laurasia southern-Gondwana
Adaptive radiation
the emergence of numerous species from a common ancestor
Comparative anatomy
identifying similar features shared by different species
Homologus structures
structures that are similar in structure and function and have shared ancestry
Analogous sturctures
structures that have a similar function for two different organisms but differ somewhat structurally
Comparative embryology
identifying similarites in embryos of differetn species
Comparative biochemistry
similarities in the biochemical molecules of 2 different species
Monophyletic
Whole block
Paraphyletic
Arm
Poyphyletic
Top portion
Cladogram
Diagonal
Phylogram
genetic changes
Viral genome
contains nucleic acid
Capsid
protein shell enclosing genome
Capsomeres
protein subunits of the viral capsid
Viral encelope
membranous coveing over capsids with glycoprotein receptors
Tobacco Mosaic virus
First Virus discovered
Adenoviruses
icosahedron
Influenza virs
8 different RNA molecules
Bacteriophages (T4)
most comples of all viral capsids
Adolf Mayer
studied diseased tobacco plants , demonstrated transmission by rubbing spa from diseased leaves to healty ones, assubed agent was small bacteria
Dimitry Ivanowsky
Applied sap from diseased leaves to healthy leaves
Martinus Beijerink
The man who first gave the name virus
Wendell Stanley
Crystallized the infections particle and identified it structure
Electron Microsophy
allowed form conformation of TMV structure and the identification of ther virusess
Lytic cycle
where the sopres explode
Lysogenic cycle
Where the cell is denatured
Restriction enzymes
degrade the phage DNA when injected by the bacteriophage
Class 1
ds DNA
Class 2
ss DNA
Class 3
ds RNA
Class IV
ss Rna ( RNA serves directly as mRNA when in host cell)
Class V`
ssRNA (RNA used as a template for mRNA synthesis in host cell)
Class IV
ss RNA used as a template for DNA synthesis
what enzyme molecule in HIV allows for the host cell to produce DNA from viral RNA
reverse transcriptace