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bio110 king

exam 2

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what are the subatomic particles? protons, neutrons, electrons
What is the density of water? 3.98 degrees celcius
Where are the protons located? within the nucleus
Where are the neutrons located? within the nucleus
where are the electrons located? in the electron shell
ATOMS ARE SMALL AND MOST OF THE ________ IS EMPTY SPACE Volume
What is the atomic number? Protons(+)
what is the atomic weight or mass? Protons(+) PLUS Neutrons(0)
atoms are _____ in charge neutral
12 6 CARBON 12= atomic mass 6=atomic number
How are elements identified? their atomic number
when does an isotope happen and what happens? added neutrons- neutron number changed
Atoms with changed electrons are called ______ IONS
what is an ion? an atom with a charge
what is it called when an atom looses electrons? CATION
what is it called when an atom gains electrons? ANION
when does a molecule form? when atoms combine?
what's an ionic bond? exchange of electrons
what is a covalent bond? sharing of electrons
what is a hydrogen bond? weak sharing of electrons involving hydrogen (usually easily broken and reformed)
what is it called whenmany things easily dissolved in water? solvent
attraction of light molecules- surface tension cohesion
neuston is ____ micro organisms
pleustron macro organisms (like a water strider)
what happens? density property as cools becomes more dense
why are aquatic systems stable in the winter? because ice forms on top
what happens when there's high specific heat? the amount of heat to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree celsius
list the global water distribution oceans 98% polar ice caps 2% ground wanter .3%
name the largest 1. inland body of water 2. volume of fresh water 3. surface area fresh water 1. caspian sea 2. lake baikal 3. great lakes- lake superior #1
what is diffusion? the movement from greater to lesser concentration of water molecules
what is the equal distribution of molecules? equilibrium
what is osmosis? movement of water molecules from a greater to lesser concentration of water across a semi permeable membrane (the diffusion of water)
what is an isotonic solution? equal concentration of solute (salts) on both sides of the membrane
what is a hypertonic solution? greater concentration of solute (greater outside less inside)
what is a hypotonic solution? lesser concentration of solute (greater inside less outside)
what is plasmolysis? loss of water in a plant cell or something that has a cell wall when placed in a HYPERTONIC solution
in a hypertonic solution when the cell shrivels what is that called in a(n) 1. animal cell 2. plant cell 1. crenated 2. plasmolyzed
when there is a hypotonic solution and the cell burst or won't burst what is this called and which cell bursts and doesn't? 1. animal cell 2. plant cell 1. lysed- burst 2. turgid- won't burst
what is crenation? loss of water from an animal cell or cell without a cell wall when placed in a HYPERTONIC solution
carbon has ____ bonding sites 4
carbon chain C-C-C-C saturated- single bonds only between carbon chain
carbon chain C-C=C-C=C unsaturated- some double or triple bonds
what are the two different types of chemical formulas? molecular- with number ad letters structural- arrangement of atoms
list the 4 functional groups alcohol acid aldehyde ketone
what is a functional group? group of atoms used to identify organics
alcohol is in the ____ group hydroxyl group
acid is in the ____ group carboxyl group
aldehyde is in the ____ group aldehyde group
ketone is in the ____ group carbonyl group
an atom is in the amino group if it has an ___ NH2
what are the four types of organic compounds? 1. carbohydrates 2. fats 3. proteins 4. nucleic acids
what 3 elements do carbohydrates have in them? carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
what is the ration of elements in carbohydrates? 2 hydrogen to 1 oxygen for every carbon
what is a monosaccharide and how many carbons does it contain? simple sugar 3-7 carbons
what is a polymer? large protein molecule
how many amino acids are there? 547
what converts plant starch back into glucose? amylase
if it has an ASE ending what is it most likely? an enzyme
if you ____ the temperature you ____ the rate of the reaction of an enzyme increase, increase
for pH level 7 is ___ neutral
increase the substrate you increase the _____ rate reaction
for pH above 7 means that it's a(n) ___ and below 7 means that it's a(n) ___ base, acid
who is the father of prebiotic chemistry? 1953 Stanley Miller
who stimulated early conditions on earth and what did he "yield" or have a result of? stanley miller 4 amino acids and some fatty acids
who thought meteors brought in organics? crick
who hypothesized about synthesis organics? oparin/haldane
first cells- seashore- intertidal pools when did this happen?? 3.8 BYBP
What is a coacervate and who found them? membrane bound proteins- FOX
what is natural evolution? stages of feeding in organisms over time
list the stages of natural evolution? 1. anaerobic heterotrophs 2. anaerobic autotrophs 3. Photosynthetic bacteria 4. photosynthesis
what are the two different phases of DNA? chromatin- working chromosomes- cell dividing
one chromosome makes __ __ sister chromatids
what are polymers of nucleotides? nitrogenous base, phosphate, sugar
RNA makes ___ proteins
what happens during translation? protein synthesis
what is a peptide linkage accomplished through? dehydration synthesis
what does a phosphate group look like? PO4
A 3 carbohydrate sugar is called ___ triose
A 4 carbohydrate sugar is called ___ tetrose
A 5 carbohydrate sugar is called ___ pentose
A 6 carbohydrate sugar is called ___ hexose
disaccharides and monosaccharides are ____ simple sugars
what is a dehydration linkage? dehydration of 2 to make a bigger carbohydrate
cell walls are made up of ____ cellulose
what are animal starches called? glycogen
what are plant starches called? amylose
what are the uses of carbohydrates? energy source, energy usage, structural components
what is chitin? exoskeleton- polysaccharide
what joins together through dehydration? 2 alcohol groups
what are the elements in fats/lipids? carbon, hydrogen, oxygen little oxygen long carbon chains
what does dehydration between alcohol and acid make? an ester linkage
WHAT DOES DEHYDRATION AMINO GROUP AND ACID MAKE? peptide linkage
how many different amino acids can be used to make peptide linkages? 21
what is a polymer of amino acids? proteins
what are the functional groups of proteins? amino and carboxyl/acid
what are the elements of proteins? C,O,H,N (S,P)
what is an enzyme? an organic catalyst
what is an organic catalyst? something that facilitates a reasction and is not used up in the reaction so that it can be used over and over
what happens in invertase? takes 1 disaccharide and turns it into 2 monosaccharides
some proteins are ___ enzymes
enzymes can ____ reactions facilitate
proteins are used as? an energy source and stuctural
what is pentose? sugar
basic hydrogen bases? purine(2), permididine(1) single or double ring
what are purines? adenine and guanine
what are permididines? uracil, thymine, and cytosine
what are nucleic acids used for? DNA & RNA
how are nucleotides hooked together? dehydration synthesis
who discovered dna in the late 50's? watson and crick
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