Lecture 2 Flashcards

Pages 3 and 4; August 21

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1
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DNA

A

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

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2
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(DNA) Molecule of Inheritance

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Genes

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3
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DNA does what ?

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Self replicates

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4
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What shape is DNA

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Double Helix

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5
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4 “Letters” for bonding

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Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine

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6
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Which DNA letters pair with each other

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A with T ; C with G

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7
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DNA ____ in new enviorments

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Persists

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8
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Chromosomes

A

Highly packaged DNA molecule

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9
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Negative Feedback plus example

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Increases something, something decreases to maintain balance ( sweating)

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10
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Positive Feedback plus example

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End product speeds up its own production ( oxytocin increases during child labor contractions)

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11
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______ # of species

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1.8M

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Where can you find new species?

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Poles, rain forest, ocean, bacteria

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13
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3 Domains of Life

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Domain Bacteria ; Domain Archaea ; Domain Eukarya

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14
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Domain Bacteria example

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Bacteria, E.Coli , salmonella

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Domain Archaea example

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Ancient bacteria ; extreme enviorments ( salty, hot )

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16
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Domain Eukarya

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Humans, plants, protists, fungi

17
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Protists

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Algae or protozin

18
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Charles Darwin =

A

NATURAL SELECTION

19
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Book C.D. made

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” On the origin of species…”

20
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Charles Darwin said this phrase about animals changing over time and improving

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Descent with modification

21
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Science is a _____

A

Process

22
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Scientific Method Steps

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Observe, Critical Question, Hypothesis, experiment, Results and Data + Analyze,

23
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Theory

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Hypothesis is proven true numerous times

24
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Why is psudosciene + Junk sciene BS?

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Nothing but observational, NO EXPERIMENT, no scietific method

25
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Psudosciene

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UFO’s , aliens, ghosts, bigfoot, etc

26
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Junk Science

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Health marketing, pills, supps, etc

27
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How to filter bad science ?

A

Consider the source

28
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Basic vs Applied research

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Sake of gaining knowledge vs solving a problem