prelim 1 Flashcards
Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
Body is a habitat for
Domains
What lives on and in your body?
C, O, N, H, P and S
What are atoms made of?
Atoms
What are molecules made of?
Large complex molecules
What are macromolecules made of?
H20, H2, CH4, NH3
What is Earth’s early atmosphere?
Inorganic compounds
Organization of what into organic life forms Earth’s atmosphere
Amino acids/other organic compounds
Miller-Urey Experiment produced what with electricity
Molecules that make up proteins
What are amino acids
R
What symbol are amino acids?
Molecules that made up nucleic acids?
What are nucleotides?
Pentose sugar, phosphate group, nitrogenous base
What are nucleotides made of?
20 different types (polypeptides)
What do amino acids organize themself into
4-5 different types (polynucleotides)
What do nucleotides organize themself into
Macromolecules
There chains of molecules form what
Polynucleotides
Make copies of themselves
Complementarity
How do they self-replicate
Nucleotides
Bind to one nucleotide more than others
Lipids
Form contained structures when in water
Central Dogma
Genetic flow of information in the cell (DNA replication, RNA synthesis transcribes, protein synthesis translates)
DNA
much more stable than RNA
Tree of life
Show relationships in evolution based on shared characteristic
Divide between Bacteria/(Archaea&Eukarya)
Last common ancestor of today’s species
MOST IMPORTANT
- Inorganic molecules form organic molecules under right conditions, 2. Enclosure of nucleic acids and protins in lipid shells may be precursors of life, 3. All life on Earth falls into three domains of the tree of life