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Biology Exam 1-7

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What are the 4 critical thinking skills? 1. Restate in your own words 2. elaborate the main idea 3. give examples 4. relate to other concepts of life
Darwin theory of natural selection
Which elements are abundant in humans? oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen
What is a trace element found in humans? iodine
Atomic Mass protons + neutrons
Atomic Number number of protons
How many electrons are found in the first orbital? 2
How many electrons are found in the second and third orbitals? 8
What is the PH of water? 7
Carbon the backbone of biological molecules (backbone of life)
Vitalism organic compounds arise only within living organisms
When was the theory of Vitalism disproven? after chemists synthesized organic compounds in the lab
Stanley Miller miller's apparatus, amino acids were created. Abiotic evolution
Hydrocarbons the skeletons of most organic molecules
Isomers Molecules with the same molecular formula but different structures and properties
Structural Isomer Different in covalent arrangement of atoms
Geometric Isomer same arrangement but different in spatial arrangement
Enantiomers mirror images; important in pharm industry
What are the 4 types of organic molecules? 1. carbohydrates 2. lipids 3. proteins 4. nucleic acids
How do you put the parts together? dehydration synthesis
How do you separate the parts? hydrolysis
Carbohydrates carbon + water
Polysacoharide starch in plants, consists of many glucose, how plants store energy
Glycogen carb found in animals
Cellulose makes up plant cell walls; fiber
Chitin a polysaccharide used in surgical stitches that is broken down over time
Lipids insoluable in water; not polymers
What are the 3 types of lipids? 1. triglyceride (natural fat) 2. phospholipids ( when one of the fatty acids is replaced by a phosphate) 3. Steroids (hard to break down, add onto cholestrol)
Saturated Fatty Acids every carbon is fulled with 2 hydrogens
Unsaturated Fatty Acids Some don't have 2 hydrogens, double bond between 2 carbons
What are the 4 levels of structure in a protein? Primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary
Chaperonins Makes sure proteins take the proper shape
DNA Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
RNA Ribose Nucleic Acid
Primidines smaller structure; CTU
Purines Bigger structure; AG
Replication when DNA makes a copy of itself
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