PCAT Flashcards
Banal
devoid of freshness or originality, hackneyed, trite
What is rubber derived from?
Latex
Dodo
An extinct, large, flightless bird
Myself is what type of pronoun?
Reflexive
Spindle
A kind of post that holds up a hand rail
Limestone is a key element of what material
Cement
Silica is a key element of what material?
Glass
Apt
inclined, disposed, given, prone; able to learn quickly and easily
Miscreant
depraved, villainous, or base
Do plant cells have cell walls?
YES
What connects sister chromatids?
A Centromere
What is the thinnest and toughest region of the chromosome?
The centromere
What are the three main stages of Cellular Respiration?
- Glycolysis
- Krebs Cycle
- Electron Transport
True or False: Active transport requires ATP?
TRUE
What is “Recombination Rate?”
It is directly related to the distance between genes on a chromosome.
What is the assumption if a couple/few traits are inherited together?
Genetic Linkage
Polygenic Inheritance
FILL IN LATER
Multiple Alleles
FILL IN LATER
COMPLETE DOMINANCE
FILL IN LATER
Plant and Animal Cells are both in what cellular family?
Eukaryotic Cell Family
Prokaryotic Cells
Fill in later
Name two laboratory methods of genetic modification
Electroporation and combination with calcium phosphate
What is the site of protein synthesis in a cell?
Ribosomes
What is the purpose of the golgi apparatus?
Involved in Protein Packing and Lipid Transport
Obligate Anaerobe
An organism that not only cannot utilize molecular oxygen metabolically, but can also be harmed when exposed to it.
Antibiotics are ineffective against what types of organisms?
FUNGAL, PROTOZOAN, and VIRAL infections.
What happens to Glucose in the blood when Insulin levels are increased?
Glucose levels in the blood decrease as the molecule is taken up and stored in cells
Where is epinephrine produced?
Adrenal Gland
What is the liver’s primary function?
To regulated blood sugar levels
What does the adrenal cortex secrete?
Steroids and mineralocortoids that regulate blood mineral levels and metabolism
What does the Adrenal Medulla produce?
catecholamines such as epinephrine that stimulate the sympathetic nervous system.
Where in the kidney does kidney reabsorption take place??
Proximal Convoluted Tubule of the Kidney
What is HCG?
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
What is the role of HCG?
To prevent the disintegration of the corpus luteum of the ovary, maintain progesterone production, which is critical for pregnancy in humans.
What is an isotope?
An isotope is an element that has the same atomic number but a different mass number
What are the combustion reaction products?
H2O and CO2
Define Sublimation
Sublimation is the transition of a substance from a SOLID to a GAS with no liquid phase in between.
What is bond order?
It is simply the number of bonds between the pair of atoms
What chemical process will split a disaccharide into two distinct monosaccharides?
Hydrolysis
What disease might high ketone levels indicate?
Diabetes
Do I have the quadratic formula memorized?
YES
What do you do when you want to find the inverse function?
Switch the variables “y” and “x” and solve for y to give you the answer.
Fundamental Counting Principle
If one choice can be made “m” ways and a second choice can be made in “n” ways there are mXn ways of making the first choice followed by the second choice.
Do I know the graph of y=e^x
Yes
What is the derivative of y=e^x
y=e^x
What is something important that I need to remember to do when writing my essay?
I need to remember to DISCUSS and EVALUATE possible ALTERNATIVE solutions to the one I am suggesting or to multiple possible solutions to the problem.
I must ANALYZE my proposed solution(s) in terms of limitations, qualifications, complications, and/or objections.
ln(e)=?
ln(e)=1
ln(1)=?
ln(1)=0
derivative of sin(x)=?
cos(x)
derivative of cos(x)=?
-sin(x)
