Important!!!!! Flashcards
List 6 steps of scientific method:
Identify problem, question asking, hypothesis, data collection and experimentation, analysis, conclusion
Gas exchange in the lungs happens where?
alveoli
List the hierarchy of the structure of the human body:
atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism
List the hierarchy of the biological classification system:
DKPCOFGS
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
1 degree celsius = how many kelvin?
273.15
An acid turns blue litmus paper what color?
red
A base turns red litmus paper what color?
blue
What are sensory neurons?
afferent (arriving at the brain)
What are motor neurons?
efferent (exiting the brain)
Name the two parts of the nervous system?
CNS, PNS
The PNS is broken into…
Somatic nervous system, autonomic nervous sytem
The somatic nervous system is under what control?
voluntary
The autonomic nervous system is under what control?
involuntary
The involuntary nervous system is broken into…
sympathetic, parasympathetic
The sympathetic division is known as…
fight or flight
Name the bases for RNA…
A, G, U, C
Name the bases for DNA….
A, G, T, C
Carbs begin to be digested in the….
mouth
Proteins are digested in the…
stomach
Towards the front of the body…
anterior (ventral)
Towards the back of the body….
posterior (dorsal)
Cut made along a longitudinal plane dividing the body into right and left parts
sagittal section
Cut made along a horizontal plane to divide the body into upper and lower regions
transverse section (cross section)
Cut made along a longitudinal plane that divides the body into front and back regions
frontal section (coronal)
The dorsal body cavity contains…
the cranial cavity and spinal column
The ventral cavity contains…
all the structures within the chest and abdomen
A group on the periodic table goes….
down
A family on the periodic table goes…
down
A period on the periodic table goes….
across
Where are the noble gases on the periodic table?
Far right column
Where are the halogens on the periodic table?
Column next to the noble gases
Where are the alkali metals on the periodic table?
Far left column
Where are the alkaline earth metals on the periodic table?
Column next to the alkali metals
Where are the transition metals on the periodic table?
In the middle
What is Boyles law?
P1V1 = P2V2
Electronegativity is…
how bad an element wants electrons
What is a ionic bond?
transferring electrons between atoms, become ions
What is a covalent bond?
sharing electrons, either equally or non equally
What are the two types of covalent bonds?
polar and non polar
What are characteristics of a polar molecule?
asymmetrical, a + and - at polar opposites
What is a mutation?
permanent change in DNA that affect the way a gene functions
What is an allele?
A genes different forms
Describe potential energy….
potential = position; stopped
Describe kinetic energy….
motion
What is osmosis?
Water molecules diffusing across a membrane
What happens during interphase?
G1- growing, bases exposed; S- duplicating DNA; G2- growing
What 3 things happen during prophase?
spindle forms, centrioles move to opposite sides, membrane dissappears
What happens during metaphase?
chromatids line up in the middle
What happens during anaphase?
chromatids move apart
What 3 things happen during telophase?
spindle fibers disappear, membrane reappears, 2 nuclei
Stages of mitosis….
IPMAT
Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
