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Biology Exam 1

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Biology

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Scientific study of life

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What is science?

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An approach to understanding the natural world that is based on inquiry

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Data

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Recorded observations

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How can we define life?

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Order

Regulation

Growth and development

energy utilization

response

reproduction

evolution

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Biology studied on how many levels?

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  1. Biosphere – all life and all places where life exists
  2. Ecosystem – all living and non-living organisms in a particular area
  3. Community – all organisms in an ecosystem
  4. population – groups of interacting individuals of same species
  5. Organisms - an individual living thing
  6. Organ systems and organ – two or more organs in organ system
  7. Tissue – group of similar cells performing a specific function
  8. Cell – smallest unit that can display the characteristics of life
  9. Organelle – functional components of cells (Smaller structure inside a cell)
  10. Molecules and atoms – atoms are chemical units, molecules are clusters of chemical units (Smallest biology can study)

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Smallest level of organization that displays all of the properties of life?

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cell

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Scientific method?

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Scientific investigation involving the observation of phenomina , the formulation of a hypothesis concerning the phenomena, and experimentation to demonstrate the true or falseness of the hypoth.

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Hypothesis?*

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A proposed answer to a set of observations

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Theory

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Explanation supported by abundant evidence

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Ecosystem?*

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all the living organisms in an area and the nonliving parts of the area and the interactions amongst all these living and nonliving parts.

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Nutrients are recycled and _____ flows ?

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Energy

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The air we breathe is made up of?

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70% Nitrogen and 20% oxygen

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All organisms are composed of?

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cells

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Prokaryotic cell

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Smaller and simpler structure, DNA concentrated in nucleoid region not enclosed by membrane, lack most organelles.

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Eukaryotic Cell?

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Larger more complex structure, nucleus enclosed, contains many types of organelles.

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Cell Theory?

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All living things have at least the cellular level of organization.

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All cells carry what?

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Genetic information in which they pass to their offspring in the form of DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid).

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Who is Rachel Carson?*

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She wrote the book “Silent Spring” which was the key publication for the modern environmental movement. (Ecology and Evolutionary biology are related)

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Precautionary Principle?

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Don’t do something if the consequences are uncertain or possibly dangerous.

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What derives changes through nat. selection?*

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Organisms ability to adapt to their environment.

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Taxonomy?

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A branch of biology that names and classifies species.

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What are the units of classification of life?

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  1. Domain
  2. Kingdom
  3. Phylum
  4. Class
  5. Order
  6. Family
  7. Genus
  8. Species *Use Genus and species name together

(In order from largest to smallest)

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What are the largest 3 Domains?

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Bacteria

Archaea

Eukarya

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Eukarya has 3 smaller divisions?

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  1. Plantae – All plants
  2. Fungi – Ex mushrooms
  3. Animalia – All Animals

(protists= 4th group within this domain)

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What is the most important unifying concept in modern biology?

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The theory of Evolution by natural selection

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Unifying concept of Evolution created by who?

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Charles Darwin (in 1859)

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Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic

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What are the major themes of Biology? *

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What are the major themes of Biology

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  1. Evolution
  2. Structure/ Function
  3. Information Flow
  4. Energy transformations
  5. Interconnections within systems

A change in population over time in genetically determined characteristics.

(remember individuals don’t evolve, populations evolve)

The way in which we learn about the world.

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What is evolution?

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A change in population over time in genetically determined characteristics.

(remember individuals don’t evolve, populations evolve)

The way in which we learn about the world.

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Scientific Inquiry?

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Science done through observation of the physical or natural world. (Darwin’s work)

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Is the scientific process done in isolation?

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no

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Who is Jane Goodall?*

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An anthropologist who transformed the way we understand chimpanzees, other animals, and our role in caring for the planet.

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Serendipity?

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luck

ex: Flemings discovery of penecillin

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What are the steps of the scientific method?

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  1. Observation
  2. Question
  3. Hypothesis
  4. Prediction
  5. Experiment

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How does the average person encounter science?

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Technology *it applies scientific knowledge

*Society is technology dependent

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What is Photosynthesis?*

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It takes CO2 and H20 + energy given (Sun light) and makes

C6 H12 O6 + O2 (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen) aka Glucose

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What is the reverse of photosynthesis?

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Cellular respiration (Phot. And CL = the carbon cycle)

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What is a species?

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A group of organisms that live in the same place and the same time and have potential to breed together.

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What are autotrophs?

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An organism that produces its own food.

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What are heterotrophs?

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An organism that cannot create its own food and must consume other organisms or plants.

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Matter (CH2)

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Anything that occupies space and has mass.

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What is matter composed of?

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Elements

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Element

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A substance that cannot be broken down by chemical methods.

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Atom

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Smallest unit of an element that retains the characteristics of an element.

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Atomic Number

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top #

# of protons

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Average atomic mass

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bottom #

sum of protons and neutrons

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Compound

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A substance formed by the chemical reaction of two or more elements. The elements in a compound are combined in fixed ratios.

Ex: H2O

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Elements required for life:

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C,H,N,O,P,S,Ca,K,Na,Cl,Mg

aka:

Carbon(C), hydrogen(H), nitrogen(N), oxygen(O), Phosphorus(P), Sulfur(S), Calcium(CA), Potassium(K), sodium(Na), Chlorine(Cl), Magnesium(Mg)

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What is Oxygen gas?

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O2

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Which four elements are most abundant in cells?

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C,H,N,O

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How many of the 92 naturally occurring elements are used by living organisms?

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25

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Proton

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Subatomic particle with single unit of POS charge, in nucleus, has mass

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Neutron

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Electrically neutral, outside of nucleus in elct cloud

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Electron

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Subatomic particle with a NEG charge, has mass, in nucleus, has mass

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Mass is determined by

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# of protons and neutrons (bc electrons have no weight!)

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All atoms of C have 6 _______but the # of _____ varies.

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Protons, neutrons

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Isotopes

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A variant form of an atom, different isotopes of an element have the same # of protons and different # of neutrons.

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When sodium ionizes it becomes?

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Neutral

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Radioactive Isotopes

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one in which the nucleus decays spontaneously

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Chemical bond

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An attraction between two atoms resulting from a sharing of outer shell electrons or the presence of opposite charges on the atoms.

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Ions

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atoms or molecules that are electrically charged as a result of gaining or losing electrons.

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Molecules

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A group of two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds.

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Ionic bond

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An attraction between two ions with opposite electrical charges.

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Covalent bond

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When two atoms share one or more electrons

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Polar Covalent

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bonds have opposite charges on opposite ends.

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Non-polar Covalent

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the electronegativity of atoms is equal

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Hydrogen bond

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weak chemical bond formed when a partially positive hydrogen atom from one polar molecule is attracted to the partially negative atom in another molecule (or in another part of the same molecule).

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Polar molecule

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one with uneven distribution of charge that creates two poles, 1 Pos and 1 Neg.

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What occupies the space around the nucleus?

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Energy shells

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What makes it easier to ionize?

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a decreasing number of electrons on the outermost shell

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How many electrons are on the 1st shell? 2nd? 3rd?

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2,8,8

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Columns have the same amount of energy shells and the same amount of_____?

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Reactivity

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How are elements arranged on the periodic table of elements?

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mass, e- # in the outer shell, and the number of shells

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Why are radioisotopes useful medical tools?

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because the emission of energy and subatomic particles is traceable.

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Radioactive decay can transform an isotope into_________?

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an atom of a different element

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What is radiocarbon dating used for?

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to measure the age of a sample.

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What can ionizing radiation lead to?

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Acute high level exposure leads to death

Chronic exposure can lead to increased incidence of cancer or other diseases.

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What happened in the Chernobyl reactor of 1986 in Ukraine?

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31 workers died within weeks and thyroid cancer in children increased 10x.

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What happened in the Fukushima Dai Nuclear reactor meltdown of 2011?

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damage to the plants electrical systems disabled the reactors cooling system.

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E- in outer most shell (valence e-) determines what?

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the chemical reactivity.

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In what ways to atoms want to fill their outer most shell with e-?

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1. sharing e- with another atom

2. giving up an e-

3. accepting an e- from another atom

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cohesion

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the tendency of molecules of the same kind to stick together

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Chemical reactions

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bonds are broken and reformed (no atoms are created or destroyed)

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How much of earths surface is covered by water?

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greater than 75%

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what % of cells are water?

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70-95%

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4 Major properties of water

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1. cohesion (water stick together)(high surface tension)

2. moderation of temperature(resist changing temp)

3. floating of ice (Ice=least dense, causes floating)

4. solvent for polar substances

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Surface tension

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measure of how difficult it is to break the surface of a liquid

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Temperature?

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measure of average kinetic energy of molecules

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Specific Heat?

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the amount of heat that must be absorbed or lost for 1 g of substance to change 1 deg. (water has high SH)

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Heat of vaporization?

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Among of heat needed for 1 g of substance to be converted from liquid to gas.

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Evaporative cooling?

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when water evaporates from a body carrying away heat, which leaves the body cooler.

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Hydrophilic

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water loving

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Hydrophobic

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water hater

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Amphipathic?

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having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts

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Ph

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a measurement of the concentration of Hydrogen Ions in a solution

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What is PH measured in?

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Moles/ liter (molar)

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Ph scale is __________ and ___________.

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Inverse, logarithmic

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When do Hydrogen(H) ions form?

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When an H atom loses its electron

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Acids ionize giving off____?

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H+

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What is bad about increased ph in the ocean

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impedes the ability of ocean life to form

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What is the Schrodinger model?

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shows it isn't possible to know where an electron is at any given time.

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Who is Friedrich Wohler

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first to synthesize urea

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Organic Compound?

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a chemical compound containing the element of carbon (and usually Hydrogen) whether produced naturally or synthetically

Exceptions: carbonates, bicarbonates, cyanates, carbonic acid, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide (bc they are inorganic)

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What are the 3 types of models?

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1. Structural formula

2. Ball-and-stick modal

3. space-filling modal

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Valence shell

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the outermost shell

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Carbon has a valence of how many electrons?

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4

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Properties of inorganic molecules depends on what?

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C-skeletons

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Polymerization?

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small inorganic molecules linking together to for very large organic molecules

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Polysacharride

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long chains of sugars or complex carbo hydrates

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Monosacharride

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simple sugars

also the main fuel molecules of the cell

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Name a monosacharride

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glucose

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Disacharride

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double sugar

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Dehydration reaction vs hydrolysis?

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DR - building polymer chain

Hyd- breaking a polymer chain

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What are the four families of organic molecules?

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Monomeric Polymeric Example

1. Monosacharride Polysacharrides Starch

2. Amino Acids Proteins Albumin

3. Fatty acids Lipids Tryglyceride

4. Nucleotides Nucleic Acids DNA

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The exoskeleton of invertebrates has an exoskeleton made of ______?

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Fungi

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Fats are known as _______?

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Lipids (they are amphipathic)

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What are the cellular function of lipids?

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1. Food source

2. Energy Source

3. Membrane structure

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Fatty Acids are stored as fats & oils in the form of triglycerides

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triglycerides

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Define Saturated fats? What state are they in at room temperature?

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hydrocarbon chains contain maximum number of hydrogens, therefore have no double covalent bonds. Solid at room temperature.

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Define Unsaturated fats? What state are they in at room temperature?

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hydrocarbon chains lack the maximum number of hydrogen atoms, therefore have one or more covalent bonds. Liquid at room temperature.

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What is the main component of biological membranes?

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phospholipids, they have a glycerol backbone, tow fatty acids, and an additional functional group attached.

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_________ is a lipid, and always has a carbon skeleton with four fuzed rings Hint

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steroids

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What steroid acts as the molecular building block of the human steroid hormones?

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Cholesterol

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What is hydrogenation?

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converting saturated fats into unsaturated fats by adding hydrogen

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What do all amino acids share?

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functional groups

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What is a peptide bond?

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the bond that joins adjacent amino acids

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Polypeptide

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Long chain of amino acids

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What are the building blocks for protein

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amino acids

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what are the major types of protein?

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structure, storage, contractile, transport, enzymes

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Enzymes?

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catalysts for reactions

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The majority of enzymes are _________ molecules.

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protein

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A functional protein consists of?

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one or more polypeptides that has been precisely twisted, folded, and coiled into a unique shape.

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The function of protein is an emergent property resulting from its specific _____________

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molecular order

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Proteins have 3 levels of structure...

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Primary, secondary, and tertiary

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What is a quaternary structure?

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protein with four polypeptides

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What are the 3 types of nucleotides?

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1. nitrogenous base

2. phosphate group

3. five carbon sugar

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Nucleotides are the building block for?

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Nucleic acids

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Gene?

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a unit of inheritance encoded in a specific stretch of DNAw

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what is a sugar phosphate backbone

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a repeating pattern of sugar phosphate with the bases hanging off the backbone like appendages

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Double helix?

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the form assumed by DNA in living cells, referring to its two adjacent polynucletide strands would into a spiral shape.

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DNA contains ____ polynucleotide strands, each composed of ____ kinds of nucleotides.

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2, 4

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In DNA strands A pairs with____and G pairs with ____.

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A=T

G=C

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Which type of fats are least healthy?

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Trans fats.

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What type of fats are especially healthy?

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omega 3s

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What are the monomers of all proteins?

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amino acids

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Which of these is not made of enzymes?

Hair, muscle, cellulose, enzymes

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cellulose