Bio 112 Midterm Flashcards
Spontaneous generation
When living things generate from non living things
what is a cell?
basic unit of a living thing
Reid’s experiment and conclusion
do maggots come from meat? no maggots come from flies
Paster’s experiment and conclusion
microbes cannot generate under the conditions he provided
What are the 7 properties of life?
Organization, response to stimuli, adaptation, reproduction, growth and development, homeostasis, energy processing
DNA
the molecule that carries genetic information
Deoxyribonucleic
RNA
nucleic acid present in all living cells
Ribonucleic
virus
an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid
Prokaryot
before the nucleus, single cell, asexual reproduction, nucleoid
Eukaryote
multiple cells, many organisms, sexual reproduction
Hydrogen
H, 1,
Carbon
C, 6
Oxygen
O, 8
Nitrogen
N, 7
Sodium
Na, 11
Chlorine
Cl, 17
Phosphate
P, 15
Atoms
incapable of division`
subatomic particles
element is composed of subatomic particles
Elements
cant be broken down
Atoms
smallest unit of element
molecules
two or more atoms joined together chemically
compounds
molecules containing at least two different elements
What are the two types of bonds?
type 1: between atoms
type 2: ionic and covalent bonds
