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Exam 2 WileyPlus Flashcards

1
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glucose can be used for ???

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movement, secretion, protein synthesis, active transport

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2
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fats, proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids can all be

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broken down into smaller molecules

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3
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anabolism is the production of larger molecules from

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smaller ones

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4
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metabolism is

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catabolism and anabolism

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5
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difference between autotroph and a heterotroph

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autotroph use carbon dioxide to synthesize organic molecules while heterotrophs use organic molecules made by organisms

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6
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how do enzymes catalyze chemical reactions in living organisms

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lower the activation energy needed for a reaction to occur

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7
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why would a fever of 40C be dangerous to a child

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fever over 40C can cause enzymes to denature and not function properly

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8
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during glycolosis ___ is converted to ____

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Glucose; pyruvic acid

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9
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products produced from the 2 types of fermentation pathways are

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lactic acid and alcohol

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10
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before pyruvic acid can be processed by the Krebs cycle, it must be converted to:

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Acetyl-CoA

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11
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where does the krebs cycle take place in eukaryotic cells

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mitochondrial matrix

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12
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what type of organism uses sunlight as an energy source and organic compounds as carbon source

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photoheterotroph

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13
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which metabolic pathway converts glucose to pyruvic acid

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gylcolysis

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14
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which process is NADH oxidized to NAD+

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fermentation

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15
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what are the end products of fermentation

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carbon dioxide
ethyl alcohol
butanediol
lactic acid

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16
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what processis most associated with the stripping og high-energy electrons from substrates with production of carbon dioxide

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krebs cycle

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17
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which process is most associated with a flow of electrons pumping hydrogen ions across a membrane

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electron transport chain

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18
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where does electron transport chain take place in prokaryotic cell

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plasma membrane

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19
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what is a bacteriums max net gain of ATP molecules from aerobic catabolism of glucose

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38

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20
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termite populations may be able to be killed with

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doses of antibiotics

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21
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cows and other grazing animals

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cannot digest cellulose found in grass and rely on bacterial cellulose to provide their energy

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22
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in step 6 of glycolysis, electrons are donated to the coenzyme, NAD+ in this process NAD+ is

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reduced

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23
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what product of the krebs cycle is used to generate the most ATP

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NADH

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24
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in the electron transport chain, in aerobic organisms what is the final electron acceptor

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oxygen

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25
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process by which molecules are pumped through the ATP synthase along the concentration gradient in order to convert ATP from ADP and protons

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chemiosmosis

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26
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bacteria multiply by

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binary fission

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27
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binary fission begins with one parent cell resulting in

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2 daughter cells

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28
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bacteria growth phases in order

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lag, log, stationary, death

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29
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microbial growth refers to

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increase in cell number

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30
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log phase of bacteria growth

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number of bacteria increases signficantly in number and they are metabolically active

31
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generation time refers to the time it takes for a population of bacteris to

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double

32
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which type of bacteria grows optimally between 25C and 40C

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mesophiles

33
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require relatively large amounts of oxygen at all times

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obliagte aerobes

34
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microaerophile refers to organisms that perfer

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low amount of oxygen

35
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halophile refers to an organism that prefer

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large amounts of salt

36
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example of quorum sensing

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production of biofilms

37
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in binary fissin which event occurs first

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replication of nucleoid

38
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which stage of growth does new growth occur at the same rate as cells die off

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stationary phase

39
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able to tolerate salty condions

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halophile

40
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E. coli can perform cellular resp in presence of oxygen and anerobic if oxygen isnt which is classified as

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facultative anaerobes

41
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bacterial population grows most raplidy during which phase

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log phase

42
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stationary phase of bacterial growth

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number of newly generated cells is the same as the number of dying cells

43
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what bacteria would be expected to grow the best at a pH of 3

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acidophiles

44
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what bacteria would grow best at a temp of 15C

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obligate psychrophile

45
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most human pathogens are

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mesophiles

46
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what bacteria would most likely be found in deep layed of mud where there is a complete lack of oxygen

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obligate anaerobes

47
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which type of cell would generally shift to aerobic resp if oxygen is available but would otherwise carry out fermentation

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facultative anaerobes

48
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capnophiles grow best under conditions of

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high carbon dioxide

49
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where would you expect to find a barophile

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at the bottom of the ocean

50
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zinc is considered a

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trace element

51
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sporulation occurs in

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clostridium

52
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monomer subunit of DNA is

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nucleotide

53
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difference between bacterial chromosome and plasmid

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chromosome contains genes that are essential for survival, where plasmid contains genes that are helpful bacterium but not essential for survival

54
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process in which DNA makes RNA as the first step in protein synthesis

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transcription

55
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in translation, what molecule serves as the template for the synthesis of the new polymer

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mRNA

56
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this enzyme breaks the hydrogen bonds formed between the complementary strands of DNA during replication

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helicase

57
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DNA polymerase synthesizes a ne strand of DNA in which biological directions

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5’-3’

58
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fragments produced by discontinuous DNA synthesis are referred to as

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Okaazaki fragments

59
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portion of DNA sequence that is recognized as the start of a gene is referred to as

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promoter sequence

60
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codon portion of the mRNA is complementary to the ____ portion of the tRNA molecules

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anticodon

61
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start codon for translation is typically ? and codes for the amino acid ?

A

AUG

methionine

62
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fundamental units of heredity are known as genes and multiple versions of them are known as

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alleles

63
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best describes a typical prokaryote chromosome

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Circular; composed of DNA

64
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permanent alteration of DNA

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mutation

65
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what process is DNA used as a template to make RNA

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transcription

66
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which process are amino acids linked together to form proteins

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translation

67
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in translation, what molecule along with proteins, serves as the enzyme for the synthesis of a new polymere

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rRNA

68
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when DNA strand are unwound and stabilized, which molecules move behind the replication fork synthesizing new DNA complimentary to the original parent strands

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DNA polymerase

69
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what does semi-conservative mean

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DNA replicates where one parent strand is always present in the newly formed DNA molecule

70
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what must be attached to parent DNA to begin the formation of each Okazaki fragments

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RNA primer

71
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what enzyme synthesizes the new polymer in the process of transcription

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RNA polymerase

72
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mutant form that produces malfunctioning metabolic enzymes

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auxotroph

73
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what enzyme is most frequently found in the lagging strand and not in the leading strand of DNA

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ligase

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