Bio 191 Final Flashcards

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Living organisms and nonliving systems have numerous characteristics in common but only organisms

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Are composed of cells

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The level of organization that is more complex than an atom, but less complex an organelle

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Molecule 

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Molecules may be assembled into a microscopic structure called ______, which carries out specific functions with an cell

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Organelle

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The simplest level of organization that can carry out all the functions of life is a

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Cell

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a______is a group of similar cells that act as a fundamental unit

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Tissue

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Your brain is a example of a____

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Organ

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A group of organisms that belong to the same species and live in the same place is called a_____

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Population

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A biological community together with its physical habitat constitutes a______

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Ecosystem

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What are the steps of the scientific process in order?

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  1. make observations
  2. Formulate hypothesis.
  3. Make a prediction.
  4. Design and carry out experiment.
  5. Analyze data.
  6. Form conclusion
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True or false all living organisms are composed of one or more cells

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True

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True or false, Different cell types develop in a multicellular organism, because each cell has its own unique set of genes

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False

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True or false underlying similarities in biochemistry and genetics support the idea that all life evolved from a single ancestor

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True

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True or false molecules in different organisms that perform the same function are likely to have a similar structure

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True

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True or false evolutionary conservation, explains that diversity of life

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False

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Information stored in inorganic molecules is used to direct the synthesis of cellular components

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False

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True or false cells process information stored in their DNA as well as information they receive from the environment

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True

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True or false organisms are closed systems that require an input of energy in order to maintain their high level of complexity and organization

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False

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True or false the unity of living systems arises through evolutionary change

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False

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List the three components of cell theory

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  1. Cells carried genetic material that is passed through replication.
  2. Cells arise from other cells.
  3. All living organisms consist of one or more cells.
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DNA and RNA contain functional units known as

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Nucleotides

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What nucleic acid does RNA have that DNA doesn’t

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Uracil

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What is a chain of amino acids called?

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Polypeptides

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What is a primary structure in protein

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Amino acid

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What’s the secondary structure of protein?

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Hydrogen bonds

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What’s a tertiary structure of proteins?
Folding polypeptide bases
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What is the quaternary structure in protein?
Polypeptide bonds
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What is a catalyst?
An enzyme that speeds up reactions
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Lipids are
Fatty acids made of non-polar tails
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What molecules are fats made out of
Carbon and hydrogen
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Biological membranes are mostly made out of
Phospholipids
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What do eukaryotes have that prokaryotes don’t
Eukaryotes are membrane bound, and have nucleus
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What do both prokaryotes and eukaryotes have?
Cell membrane, ribosome, cytoplasm
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This is an extensive network of internal membranes were proteins, carbs, and lipids are manufactured
Endoplasmic reticulum
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Contains instructions for protein, synthesis and cell reproduction contain genetic information
Nucleus
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Packages proteins for export from cell
Golgi
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Digest, worn out organelles and cell debris
Lysosome
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Carries out a variety of functions, including regulating water levels, in plants
Vacuole
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Involved in the breakdown of fats and contains the enzyme catalase
Peroxisome
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A leopard layer that forms the foundation of cell membranes
Phospholipids
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The movement of substances from places of high concentration to low concentration
Diffusion
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What is hypertonic solution?
Less water
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What is hypotonic solution?
More water
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What is facilitated diffusion?
Molecules move down their concentration gradient attached to a protein
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What is active transport?
It needs an energy source and it is when molecules move against their concentration gradient
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What is kinetic energy?
Moving energy energy that is being used
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What is potential energy?
Energy that are stored and is ready to be used
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When a protein loses its shape, it has been
Denatured
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Which part of an enzyme interacts with a substrate
Active site
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When a molecule gains in an electron its
Reduction
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When a molecule loses an electron it
Oxidation
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And glycolysis glucose is converted to
Pyruvate
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The net result of a single round of glycolysis forms
2 NADH and 2 ATP
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Under anaerobic conditions, the end product of glycolysis is converted to
Lactic acid
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Before entering, the Krebs cycle pyruvate is converted to
Acetyl-CoA
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Where does the Krebs cycle occur?
Mitochondria matrix
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Electrons are brought into the electron transport system by the oxidation of
NADH and FADH2
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The movement of protons through ATP synthesis occurs from the
Intermembrane space to the matrix
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When oxygen accepts electrons____is produced as a byproduct
Water
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What is the equation for photosynthesis?
6CO2 +12H2O + light energy Yields C6 H12 O6+6O2+6 H2O
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What does light dependent reactions need and make
They need light input and they produce ATP and NADPH
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What do light Independent reactions need.
Why independent reactions need the products from light dependent reactions. They use ATP and NADPH to make carbs from carbon dioxide a.k.a Calvin cycle
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What is a stroma?
Semi liquid substance surrounding thylakoid membrane
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Where does the Calvin cycle take place?
Stroma
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What’s the correct order of phases and interphase?
G1 phase S phase G2 phase
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The division of cytoplasm is called
Cytokinesis
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What’s the correct order of phases in mitosis?
Prophase metaphase, anaphase telophase
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What phase do most cells spend their time in?
G1 phase 
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This creates gametes
Meiosis
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What creates somatic body cells?
Mitosis
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So they have once at a chromosomes are called
Haploid
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What is it when a single gene locus affects more than one trait
Pleiotropy
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When a single trait is affected by more than one gene locus
Polygenic
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When allele at one gene Locust can interfere with other alleles
Epistasis 
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When an offspring has an extra or missing chromosome
Aneuploidy
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The enzyme that unwind, a segment of DNA
Helicase
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Does majority of adding nucleotides and copying
DNA polymerase three
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Replaces RNA primer with nucleotides
DNA polymerase one
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Relieves coiling as helicase unwind, DNA
Gyrase
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Add primer to exposed parent strand
Primase
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Bonds dna fragments together
Ligase
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Extends telomeres and binds and adds nucleotides
Telomerase
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Swap one nucleotide for another
Base substitution mutation
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When you add one or more nucleotides
Insertion mutation
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When you remove one or more nucleotides
Deletion mutation
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When rna polymerase becomes misaligned with codons
Frame shift mutation
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Whole codon on is duplicated three times the same
Triplet repeat, mutation
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When sections of chromosomes are repeated, and inserted back into the chromosome
Duplication mutate
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 RNA is used as a template to make polypeptide
Translation
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DNA is used as template to make a complementary strand of RNA
Transcription
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What are some stop codon RNA
SRP RNA, and micro RNA
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What binds to a site, when the ribosome encounters a stop codon
Release factor
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New amino acids enter at which site
A site
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Where is tRNA released?
E site 
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What does splicing do?
Joins two exons together
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In the absence of tryptophan, the TRP repressor is
Inactive and cannot bind to the operator
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In the presence of tryptophan tryptophan, binds to the
TRP repressor
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The lac operon is expressed, when
Glucose is low and lactose is present
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In the absence of lactose that lac repressor is
Active and can bind to the operator
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Where do activators bind
To enhancers
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 what type of receptor binds to hydrophobic ligands
Intracellular receptor
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Which protein is non-enzyme, but is bound to an enzyme that can hydrolyze GTP and GDP
G protein coupled with receptor
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What is a ligand
Signal molecule 
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Gap, junctions, and direct contact is which communication
Direct contact
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Signals released from cell and only cells here, respond (wound) what type of communication is this?
Paracrine signaling
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Far distance send signals from particular area, and only cells that have receptors received them. What kind of communication is this?
Endocrine
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Signaling and nervous system neurons flood synaps with neurotransmitters
Synaptic
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What is cell signal transduction
1. Chemical signal( ligand) binds to receptor 2. Causes change in receptor. 3. Initiates cell response. 
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What protein channels allows certain ions across cell membrane?
Chemical gated ion channels
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Once Ligan binds to receptor it, acts as a enzyme, carrying out chemical reaction
Enzymatic receptor
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A molecule that adds phosphates
Protein kinase