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1
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Prokaryotes bacteria

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1st living thing on earth. 3.7 billion yrs

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2
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Earth’s age

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4.5 billion yrs

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3
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Stanley miller (1953)

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Made a model of early earth. Lead to polymerization hypothesis

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4
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Biological system depends on molecular interaction .

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Enzymes speed up chem rxn

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5
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Emergent properties

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Properties at higher level in hierarchy of life that doesn’t exist

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6
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Hierarchy of life

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Biological molecules
Cells
Tissues
Organs
Organ systems
Organism
Population 
Communities
Ecosystem
Biosphere
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7
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  1. Characteristics of life
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Composed of atoms arranged into biological molecules
-ca, hy, ox, nit, pho, sulf

-carbohydrate, lipids, nucleic acids, proteins

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8
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2 characteristics of life

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Having DNA for building protein

DNA-RNA-protein-everything else

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9
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3 characteristics of life

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Get energy and materials from their surroundings to build biological molecules

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10
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Metabolism

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All chem rxn that takes place inside a body to keep it alive

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11
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4 characteristic of life

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Grow and develop

Life cycle

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12
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5 characteristics of life

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Connected through the Natural flow of energy and materials

  • matter: clyclical
  • energy: unidirectional
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13
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6 characteristics of life

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Reproduce and pass DNA to offspring (inheritance and heredity)

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14
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7 characteristics of life

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Respond physically to their surroundings in order to survive

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15
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8 characteristics of living things populations not individuals

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Living things evolve

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16
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Evolution

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Darwin and wallace (British naturalist) propose it.

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17
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Phenotype

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Traits

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18
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Fitness

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Ability to survive and reproduce

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19
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Classification

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Domain-kingdom-phylum-class-order-family-genus-species

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20
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Phylogeny

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Evolutionary relationships

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21
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Trace elements

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Found in less than 1% of biological material

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22
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Energy shells: placement

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Orbital: pathway of movement.

1s, 2s, 2px, 2py, 2pz

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23
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Potential energy

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Bump up energy lanes with an energy input giving them more

24
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Absorb energy: away

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Lost energy: towards nucleus

25
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Atomic size

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Increased left and down

26
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Electro negativity

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Up and right increase

27
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Tracers

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Tagging molecule, radioactive energy

ex. idione is absorbed by thyroid

28
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Gregor Mendel

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First generosity

29
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Fitness

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Success in which it reaches reproductive maturity and produces an offspring.

30
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Competition

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Is good for driving species toward better fitness

31
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4% of body

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Mg, na, co, k, ca

32
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Polymerize

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Form together to b more complex things

33
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isomers

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2 molecules that contain the same number of atoms but are arranged in different ways

34
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0-.7

35
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.8-1.7

36
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more than 1.7

37
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inert

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atoms that are not reactive

38
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dissociate

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break apart

39
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hydrogen bond

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drew enzyme and substrate together

40
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water’s emergent properties

A 
-hydrogen bond
cohesion
adhesion
-high specific heat
-high heat of vaporization
-unique density reversal
41
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denature

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loss of structure in protein

42
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carbon

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  • median electronegativity (nonpolar bond-strong and stable))
  • max # of bonding sites
43
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hydrocarbon

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all nonpolar molecules with a carbon backbone

44
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hydroxyl

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OH
partial charge
*makes biological molecule polar
(carbohydrate)

45
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carbonal

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C=O
double polar covalent
*polar
(carbohydrates)

46
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carboxyl (carboxylic acid)

A 
COOH
COOH- H+(releases hydrogen)
*polar
*ionic
*acidic
(protein)
47
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amino

A 
NH2
NH3+
*polar
*ionic
*Base: absorb hydrogen ion
(protein)
48
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sulfhydryl

A

SH
*nonpolar
*stabilizes protein structure
(protein)

49
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phosphate group

A 
PO4
three oxygen with negative charges
double bond with one oxygen
*ionic
*acidic
50
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carbonic acid/carbonate

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prevent drastic fluxuation/changes in pH
-too basic (carbonic to bicarbonic)
H2CO3_HCO3-

(drops H+)

-too acidic (bicarbonic to carbonic)
HCO3-_H2CO3

(picks up hydrogen)

51
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carbohydrate
(release energy)
sugar

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monomers: monosaccharides 
CH20
Covalent bond: glycosidic linkage
-triose: 3 carbon 
-pentose: 5
--hexose: 6
52
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Lipids

energy storage, cell membrane

A

mostly nonpolar

monomer: fatty acid
saturated: straight

steroids: fatty acid. 4 hydrocarbon rings with short fatty acid tail.
(prevent cell membrane from falling apart. estrogen, testosterone)

53
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Lipids

polymer

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triglyceride (fat) phydrophobic:
glycerol+3 fatty acids
nonpolar: ester linkage

phospholipids
glycerol+ 2 fatty acid+ phosphate group (hydrophilic)

54
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protein

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monomers: amino acids
globular shape

  • hydrogen
  • amino group
  • carboxyl acid
  • R
  • primary
  • secondary
  • tertiary
  • quaternary

disulfide bridge: nonpolar btw R groups

55
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Nucleic Acid

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monomers: nucleotides
5 carbon sugar
Phosphate group
nitrogenous base

56
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Polymerize

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Form together to more complex things

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