BIO MIXED TERMS Flashcards

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1
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This is a single-celled organism with two flagella

A

Protista

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2
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This allows each daughter cell to receive an equivalent array of genetic material

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mitotic spindle

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3
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This is when a piece of DNA is passed from one cell to another

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CONJUGATION

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4
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Most complex prokaryotes

A

Cyanobacteria

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5
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Survival of the fittest

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adaptability

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6
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Bacteria found in environment

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E.coli

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7
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Rearrangement of DNA sequence by the breakage and rejoining of chromosomes

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Genetic recombination

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8
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Produces the polypeptide hormone insulin

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insulin gene

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9
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the ability of DNA polymerase to synthesize new strand of DNA

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PCR (polymerase chain reaction)

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10
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bacteria typically live in animal and human intestines and are shed through stool (Feces)

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salmonella

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11
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species that live in inhospitable environment

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extemophiles

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12
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these are parts of archaea

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Methanogens
Halophiles
Acidophiles
Thermophiles
Psychrophiles

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12
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Process by which nitrogen are taken from its molecular

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nitrogen fixation

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13
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a complex ciliated protist

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vorticella

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14
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specialized cells are formed by this process

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differentiation

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15
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two units of linear measure are most commonly used to describe structures within a cell

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micrometer and nanometer

16
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cells are collections of nanomachines has inspired a research field

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synthetic biology

17
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certain diseases were caused by pathogens that were even smaller

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viruses

18
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pairs of electrons that are shared between pairs of atoms

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covalent bonds

19
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an asymmetric distribution of charge or dipole

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polar

20
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This is what you call molecules that consist entirely of carbon and hydrogen of atoms

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non polar

21
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a negatively charged ion

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anion

22
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a positively charged ion

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cation

23
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a different arrangement of electrons within an atom can produce a highly reactive species

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free radical

24
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this is an Acetic acid

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vinegar

25
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does not depend on shared electrons but rather on attractive forces between atoms

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non covalent bonds

26
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an attraction between fully charged components

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Ionic bond

27
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Positively charged nucleus of the hydrogen atom, Can approach near enough to an unshared pair of outer electrons of a second electronegative atom to form an attractive interaction

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Hydrogen Bonds

28
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A water loving

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Hydrophilic

29
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This fears water

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hydrophobic

30
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association of non polar molecules

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hydrophobic interaction

31
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This is a default bond also an attraction and repulsions between atoms, molecules, and surfaces, as well as other intermolecular force

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Van der Waals forces

32
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What you get when you put water and hydrogen ions together, forming h3O+

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hydronium

33
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compounds produced by living organisms

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Biomolecules

34
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The life-supporting properties of water

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  1. Water is a highly asymmetric molecule with the O atom at one end and the two H atoms (H2O)
  2. Each of the two covalent bonds in the molecule is highly polarized
  3. All three atoms in a water molecule are adept at forming hydrogen bonds
35
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Phases of mitosis

A

PROPHASE
METAPHASE
ANAPHASE
TELOPHASE (PMAT)

36
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Classification of biological molecules

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Macromolecules
The building blocks of macromolecules
Metabolic Intermediates
Molecules of miscellaneous function