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Bio Rev Sem 2 Final

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DNA A=T, C=G,
RNA A=U,
Nucleotides different bases
Watson and Crick figured out 3D structure of DNA
Replication polymerase binds nucleotides together
Central Dogma information flows from DNA to RNA to proteins
Codons read in groups of 3 nucleotides
Exons sections of mRNA that are spliced together
Adaptation allows an organism to better survive in its environment
Population all individuals of the same species in the same area
Vestigial structure organ that had a function in an ancestor
Darwin different finches lived on different islands
Natural Selection organisms better adapted to an environment survive and reproduce, acts through heritable traits
Catastrophism earthquakes and volcanoes occurred frequently in earth’s history
Endosymbiosis bacteria move into a larger cell and live
Half life
Primates includes humans and animals with opposable thumbs
Population Density number of living things per area of space
Population increases with immigration and births
Density dependent factor competition
Exponential growth graph J shaped
Atmosphere layer of air surrounding the earth
Canopy upper most layer of branches in the rain forest
Graphs comparing grasslands and forest biomes
Tropical zone equator
Deciduous trees lose their leaves
Population of the Earth do not know carrying capacity
Renewable resources can replenish themselves
World population graph read and answer questions
Frogs water soluble skin so they are affected by pollutants
Biodiversity highest in tropical rainforest
Linnaean taxonomy named and classified by physical characteristics
Clades top of a cladogram
Domains two
Binomial nomenclature example
Classification molecular evidence is most reliable
Prion smallest infectious organism
Virus genetic material is either RNA or DNA,
Capsid made of proteins
Prophage viral DNA connected to host DNA
Facultative anaerobe survive with or without oxygen
Flagellum whiplike structure for movement
Antibiotics fight off bacteria
Binary fission method of reproduction of prokaryotes
Protozoa animal like protists
Dinoflagellates 90% marine plankton
Chitin make up cell walls of fungus
Red algae help thicken ice cream
Budding reproduction of yeasts
Chlorophyll cause plants and some algae to be green
Mosses most similar to first true plants
Coal fossilized seedless vascular plants
Sugars flow from roots to stems to leaves
Pollination pollen moves from anther to stigma, flowers pollinated by animals
Dispersal fruits with seeds eaten and discarded by animals
Dicots 2 seed leaves
Perennials wood plants
Sclerenchyma strongest plant cells
Collenchyma support for plant growth
Cohesion results from hydrogen bonds between water molecules
Root cap protective cells at tip of root
Transpiration lowers pressure and pulls water upward
Pressure flow hypothesis water enters phloem through osmosis
Ground tissue most of the inside of the plant
Rings one year growth
Stems support, transport materials, and store food and water
Leaves upper surface collects sunlight
Zygote fertilized egg
Dormancy embryo protected by seed coat
Auxin decreased by cutting off tips causing growth of side branches
Gravitropism root growing down, shoot growing up, growth response to gravity
Essays Hershey and Chase, Darwin and natural selection, Linnaean classification, Anti
Created by: evroman
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