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Lab Bio Fin. Study
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Central Nervous System | Brain and Spinal Cord |
| Peripheral Nervous System | Nerves |
| Esophagus | Pushes food to the stomach |
| Stomach | Crushes food and digests protein |
| Gallbladder | Stores bile |
| Pancreas | Makes enzymes and hormones |
| Mechanical Digestion | Physically break down food. |
| Chemical Digestion | Enzymes break down food. |
| DNA contains | Sugar-phosphate backbone, phosphate, sugar, base and nucleotide |
| DNA Base Pairing rules | A-T, C-G |
| DNA Replication makes | 2 identical copies of a cell’s DNA. |
| Complementary Strand for ATCGAC | TAGCTG |
| RNA Base Pairing rules | A-U, C-G |
| Transcription of DNA Strand: ATC GAG CAA | UAG CUC GUU |
| Translation of RNA Strand: AUG CAG GGA | Met-Glu-Gly |
| DNA pathway | DNA -> RNA -> Protein |
| Proteins Monomer | Amino Acids |
| Change in DNA sequence | Mutation, all depends. |
| Nucleotide parts | Nitrogen base, deoxyribose sugar and phosphate. |
| Heterotroph | An organism that needs to consume other organisms in order to get energy. |
| Scavenger | An organism that feeds on dead organisms. |
| Herbivore | An organism that only eats plants. |
| Autotroph | An organism that can produce their own food, also known as producers. |
| Omnivores | An organism that eats both plants and animals. |
| Decomposer | An organism that breaks down organic matter such as fungi. |
| Biosphere | The portion of Earth where all life exists. |
| Biome | A group of ecosystems that have similar climates and similar dominant communities. |
| Ecosystem | All the organisms and non-living in a given area. |
| Community | All the living in a given area. |
| Population | All the members of the same species in the same area. |
| Species | Organisms that can interbreed with one another. |
| Food Chain Levels | Producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer and tertiary consumer |
| Liver | Makes bile |