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September 10-14

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1
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What is a lipid, and what function do lipids perform?

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Lipids are hydrophobic organic macromolecules. Functions:

  • energy storage
  • membrane
  • signaling
  • light absorption
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What are glycerolipids?

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fatty acids bonded to glycerol

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Why do fats store more energy than carbohydrates?

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fats have more C-H bonds and are very reduced

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Why should you avoid eating fats with trans double bonds?

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they fool cells into thinking they’re unsaturated but act like they’re saturated making them hard to digest

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Why do unsaturated fatty acids melt at lower temperatures than saturated fatty acids?

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The intermolecular interactions are much weaker than saturated molecules. As a result, the melting points are much lower for unsaturated fatty acids.

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Why does soap clean up grease?

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Hydrophobic ends of soap molecule all attach to the oil. Hydrophilic ends stick out into the water. This causes a drop of oil to form:These drops of oil are suspended in the water. This is how soap cleans your hands - it causes drops of grease and dirt to be pulled off your hands and suspended in water. These drops are washed away when you rinse your hands.

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Why do membrane such as phosphatidylcholine form bilayers?

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They have two charges so the hydrophilic sides point out and the hydrophobic sides point in

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What do triacylglycerols and phospholipids have in common and how do they differ?

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Triacylglycerols have fatty acids on all three C’s whereas phospholipids have fatty acids on two and a phosphate on the other. Tricylgylycerols store energy and phospholipids form bilayers.

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What are steroids, and what function do they perform?

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4C rings
Functions:
-cholestrol in membranes determine structure
-hormones

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What are prostaglandins, and what functions do they perform?

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They’re altered fatty acid signals
Functions:
-protect stomach lining
-trigger uterine contractions

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What are isoprenoids, and what functions do they perform?

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two or more units of hydrocarbons, with each unit consisting of five carbon atoms arranged in a specific pattern. range in function from pigments and fragrances to vitamins and precursors of sex hormones

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What is the cell theory?

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  • life is made of multiple cells
  • cell is smallest unit of life
  • cells come from cells
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Why did it take so long for biologists to recognize the importance of cell life?

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Why are microscopes such important tools for biologists?

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they can observe things that are not visible to the eye

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How do microscopes work?

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light up a specimen, which absorbs certain wavelengths, which is how you can see them

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What is the difference between resolution and magnification?

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magnification is bending image through lenses and resolution is telling two objects apart

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What is the most important property of a microscope?

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resolution

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Why can we see nuclei with a light microscope, but need an electron microscope to see objects like ribosomes?

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light microscopes can’t resolve two objects less than 200 nm apart because the photons overlap

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Why are cells so small?

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  • many things get in and out of cells by diffusion, and if it was too big it would take too long
  • if surface area to volume ratio is too small, things can’t be exchanged
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What are prokaryotic cells?

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Cells without a nucleus

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What are the key differences between archeabacteria and eubacteria?

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  • archaebacteria has no peptidoglycan and eubacteria do.
  • archaebacteria have ethers and eubacteria have esters.
  • archaebacteria have complex genes and eubacteria have simple genes
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What are eukaryotic cells and what is the difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic?

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eukaryotes have organelles

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Why can eukaryotic cells grow larger than prokaryotic cells?

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they divide the work which reduces diffusion problems, so they have room to grow more

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Why can multicellular organisms grow larger then single celled organisms?

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they have more things specialized and doing certain work so they can grow easier and still support themselves

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What are the two main types of eukaryotic cells and what are the main differences between them?

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Plant and animal cells.

  • Plant has wall
  • animal has no wall
  • plant has vacuoles as largest organ
  • animals have nucleus as largest organ
  • plants divide on cell plate
  • animals divide on cleavage
  • plants want to be hyper osmotic
  • animals want to be in equilibrium
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What do the two types of Eukaryotic cells have in common?

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The primary cell organelles such as the nucleus, mitochondria, ribosomes, etc., are present in both types of cells.

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What are the three main functions of the nucleus?

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  1. protect DNA
  2. copy DNA before cell division
  3. make a copy of DNA pieces (genes) when needed
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What are nucleoli and what are their functions?

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dark spheres within the nucleus that assembles ribosomes

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What is the endoplasmic reticulum and what is the difference between RER and SER?

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It’s a network of membranes attached outside the nucleus. RER has ribosomes attached to it while SER doesn’t.

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What are the functions of the SER and what are the functions of the RER?

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Smooth:

  • makes lipids and steroids
  • drug detox
  • stores calcium
  • glycogen catabolism

Rough
-makes ribosomes

31
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What us the Golgi apparatus and what are their functions?

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Flat membrane sacks derived from the ER
Functions:
-determines where proteins and lipids should go

32
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What are transport vesicles?

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Vesicles in transit from one part of the cell to another.

33
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What are lysosomes and what are their functions?

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Lysosomes are vesicles derived from the Golgi containing hydrolytic enzymes that digests things like food and viral/bacterial particles.

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How do we prevent lysosomes from digesting cells?

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The membrane surrounding a lysosome prevents the digestive enzymes inside from destroying the cell. Lysosomes fuse with vacuoles and dispense their enzymes into the vacuoles, digesting their contents.

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What is the difference between lysosomes and vacuoles?

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lysosomes are used for digestion and vacuoles are used for storage

36
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What additional functions are preformed by vacuoles?

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What is the endomembrane system and what organelles does it consist of?

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system coming from the ER
Organelles: 
-ER
-Golgi
-Lysosomes
-Nuclear Envelope
-Plasma membrane
-Endosomes
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What do all organelles of the endomembrane system have in common?

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  • derived from the er
  • have transport vesicles
  • glycosylated proteins and lipids from Golgi
39
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Which organelles are probably derived from endosymbiotic bacteria?

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  • Peroxisomes
  • Mitochondria
  • Plastids
40
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What are peroxisomes and what are their functions?

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single membrane organelle present in all eukaryotes that destroys oxygenous poisons, changes fat to CH2O and destroys ethanol

41
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What are mitochondria and what are their functions?

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double membrane organelles present in almost all eukaryotes that supplies energy by oxidizing food and makes a lot of biochemicals

42
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What are plastids and what are their functions?

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organelles present only in plants

  • chloroplasts do photosynthesis
  • amyloplasts store starch
  • chromoplasts store pigments
43
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What do plastids and mitochondria have in common?

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double membrane
have their own DNA, RNA and ribosomes
symbiosis-organisms of different specieis living together

44
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What is the endosymbiotic theory and what evidence supports it?

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eukaryotes arose by engulfing other bacteria and making them symbionts

  • size and shape are similar to bacteria
  • divide by fission
  • cardiolipin in membrane
  • similar proteins and lipids to bacteria
  • DNA also similar to bacteria
45
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What gives cells their shape?

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cytoskeleton

46
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What are the three types of fibers which make up the cytoskeleton?

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microtubules, intermediate filaments, microfilaments

47
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Which types of cytoskeleton fibers are used for movement?

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microtubules

48
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Which types of cytoskeleton fibers are used to move objects inside cells?

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Microtubules

49
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What are intermediate filaments and what do they do?

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filaments 8-12 nm in diameter that act as support

50
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What are microfilaments and what do they do?

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actin filaments 7 nm in diameter.

  • present in all eukaryotes
  • function: motility
  • works with myosin
51
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Why are poisons which interfere with actin, such as cytochalaisin and phalloidin, so deadly?

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Cytochalisin stops addition and eventually they’re all only subunits and can’t function.
Phalloidin stops the falling off so they keep growing and there’s no subunits left to start new strands

52
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What are microtubules and what do they do?

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25 nm diameter tubes made of 13 strands of protofilaments.

  • in all eukaryotes
  • polar alpha and beta tubulin subunits form protofilament
  • add to positive end fall off negative end
  • assemble at mtoc
  • give shape to cell, holds organelles in place, movement within cell
53
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How are microtubules used to move organelles inside cells?

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they form “tracks” that motor proteins carry the cargo on

54
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Why is taxol used for treating cancer patients?

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it stops falling off on microtubules, prevents cell division

55
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What is a MTOC and why do microtubules radiate outwards from MTOC?

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microtubule organizing center- the positive end “moons” the mtoc and the negative end faces it so it grows away from the mtoc

56
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What is a centrosome?

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microtubule organizing center found only in animals

  • replicate before mitosis, move to poles
  • organizes complex that divides chromosomes
57
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Why did we have to stain the potato and human cells?

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58
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Why do we need to provide a scale for drawings made using a microscope?

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so we know how big they actually were

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