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127 Cards in this Set
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Biology |
Study of life and its diversity |
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Bios |
Greek word, meaning: life |
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Logos |
Greek word, meaning: study |
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Histology |
Tissues and fossils |
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Cytology |
Cells |
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Virology |
Viruses |
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Ecology |
Living things and their environment (ecosystem) |
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Genetics |
Inheritance of characteristics |
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Ornithology |
Birds |
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Mycology |
Fungus |
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Entomology |
Insects |
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Ichthyology |
Fish |
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Herpetology |
Reptiles |
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Bacteriology |
Bacteria |
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Paleontology |
Prehistoric life |
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Microbiology |
Microbes |
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Taxonomy |
Naming and classification |
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Magnify objects 10-15x magnification |
Eyepiece |
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Connects eye piece to the revolving nosepiece |
Body tube |
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Supports the body tube |
Arm |
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Provides stability |
Base |
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Provides light |
Illuminator |
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Allows light to reflect up |
Mirror |
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Flat surface to place slides |
Stage |
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Holds slides in place |
Stage clips |
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Holds objectives |
Revolving nosepiece |
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Objective with 10x magnification |
LPO |
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Objective with 40x magnification |
HPO |
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Objective with 100x magnification; will not function without immersion oil |
Oil immersion |
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Collects light from illuminator |
Condenser lens |
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Controls light from illuminator |
Iris diaphragm |
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Adjust objectives up and down (low to high) |
Course Adjustment |
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High to low |
Fine adjustment |
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Basic Unit of Life |
Cell |
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Cell vary in all sizes and form. True or False? |
True |
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First Invented the simple Microscope |
Zacharias Janssen |
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Examined a thin slice of cork |
Robert Hooke |
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What did he call the structures that he saw? |
Cellular |
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He created a microscope with a much higher magnification than the microscope that Hooke used. He observed Bacteria, blood cells, specimens. |
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek |
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Professor of physiology at _________ based his studies on his study of several slides of animal cells |
University of Louvain, Belgium Theodore Schwann |
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Professor of Botany at ________ published a research based on studyinh several plant cells |
University of Jena, Germany Matthias Jakob Schleiden |
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What are the first two postulates of the cell theory? |
1. All organisms are made up of cells 2. The basic unit of life is a cell |
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"Every animal appears as a sum of vital units, each of which bears in itself the complete characteristics of life" "All cells come from cells" |
Rudolf Virchow |
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States that organisms can come from non-living sources |
Theory of spontaneous generation |
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Fresh meat and flies; Explain |
Fransisco Redi |
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Broth and contaminants (Agree); Explain |
John Needham |
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Polar heads are _____ |
Hydrophilic |
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What does hydrophilic mean? |
Water loving |
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Nonpolar tails are ______ |
Hydrophobic |
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What does hydrophobic mean? |
Water fearing |
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Do hydrophobic molecules pass freely? |
No |
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Do hydrophilic molecules pass freely? |
Yes |
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What is the concept that explains this? (Materials that are solubule in lipids can pass through the membrane easily) |
Solubility |
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This type of transport requires no energy. Molecules move from area of high to low concentration |
Simple Diffusion |
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This type of transport diffuses water across membrane. Moves from high water potential (low solute) to low water potential (high solute) |
Osmosis |
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The relationship of H2O potential and solute concentration is ______ |
Inversely proportional |
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The movement of water is towards the cell. The cell absorbs the water and appears bloated. |
Hypotonic |
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What is another word for Hypotonic? |
Cytolysis |
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Movement of water is out of the cell. The cell appears to shrink. |
Hypertonic |
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What is another word for hypertonic? |
Plasmolysis |
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What is another word for hypertonic? |
Plasmolysis |
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There is no movement of water in the cell. The cell remains in shape |
Isotonic |
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What are the 2 forms of transport across membranes? |
Passive and active transport |
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Differentiate the two (2) |
1. Passive transport does not require energy (atp) while active transport needs energy (atp)
2. Passive transport transports from high to low concentration while active transport transports from low to high concentration |
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What are the 2 forms of diffusion in passive transport? |
Simple diffusion and facilitated diffusion |
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Differentiate the two |
Facilitated diffusion is aided by a transport protein while simple diffusion is not |
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What do you call the two layers of lipids that form the cell membrane |
Phospholipid bilayer |
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What makes proteins critical to membrane function? (4) |
1. Structural support 2. Recognition 3. Communication 4. Transport |
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What are the two types of tranport proteins? |
Channel proteins and Carrier Proteins |
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What kind of proteins are embedded in the cell membrane and have a PORE for materials to cross |
Channel proteins |
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This protein can change shape to move material from one side of the membrane to the other. |
Carrier proteins |
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What are the two forms of endocytosis? |
Pinocytosis and phagocytosis |
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What is also known as "cell drinking" ? |
Pinocytosis |
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What is also known as "cell eating" ? |
Phagocytosis |
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Engulfing is also called? |
Invagination |
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Large molecules that are manufactured in the cell are released through the cell membrane |
Exocytosis |
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Materials are brought into the cell |
Endocytosis |
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Some integral proteins have receptors on their surface to recognize and take in hormones, cholesterol, etc. |
Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis |
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Two major processes involved in the genetic continuity |
Mitosis and Meiosis |
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production of 2 cells (each with the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell) |
Mitosis |
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production of 4 cells (reduces the number of chromosomes by precisely half) production of sex cells |
Meiosis |
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nuclear division. production of 2 daughter nuclei |
Karyokinesis |
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cytoplasmic division. production of two new cells |
Cytokinesis |
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What composes the Interphase? |
- G1 (Gap 1) - S phase - G2 (Gap 2) |
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Time for each phase? |
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G1 os also known as? |
Early growth phase of the cell |
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What happens in G1? |
Choice (checkpoint) to proceed or withdraw from the cycle |
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What happens if it proceeds with the cycle? |
DNA synthesis will be initiated and the cell would continue to complete the cycle |
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What happens if it withdraws from the cycle? |
The cell will go into G0 stage and become quiescent. |
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Phase where growth continues and DNA synthesis happens |
S phase |
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Phase that prepares cell for division |
G2 phase |
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What happens in prophase? (5) |
1. migration of two pairs of centrioles to opposite ends of the cell 2. nuclear envelope breaks down and gradually disappears 3. nucleolus disintegrates within the nucleus 4. diffuse chromatin fibers condense 5. chromosomes become visible |
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point of constriction in a chromosome |
Centromere |
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two parts of each chromosome |
Sister chromatid |
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the period of chromosome movement and spinde fiber formation |
Prometaphase |
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the alignment of the centromeres at the metaphase plate |
Metaphase |
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the migration of every chromosome to the equatorial plane |
Prometaphase and metaphase |
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sister chromatids separate from one another and are pulled to opposite ends of the cell |
Anaphase |
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What is this separation called? |
Disjunction |
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What is each migrating chromatid called? |
Daughter Chromosome |
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Initiation of other events for the transition from mitosis to interphase |
Telophase |
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What happens in telophase? |
1. chromosomes begin to uncoil 2. nuclear envelope reforms 3. spindle fibers disappear 4. nucleolus gradually reforms and become visible
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"Fluid" |
Individual phospholipid and protein can move side to side within layer like its liquid |
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Cytokinesis in plants |
Cell plate |
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Cytokinesis in animals |
Cell furrow |
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What are the 3 checkpoints |
1. G1/S checkpoint 2. G2/M checkpoint 3. M checkpoint |
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What is checked in the G1/S checkpoint? (3) |
1. Cell growth 2. Environment 3. DNA condition |
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What is checked in the G2/M checkpoint? |
Monitors DNA prior to start of Mitosis (Are all DNA replicated?) |
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What is checked in the M checkpoint? |
Monitors successful formation of spindle fiber system and its attachmant to the kinetochores |
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What happens in Prophase I? (3) |
1. chromatin thickens and coils into chromosomes 2. members of each homologous pair of chromosomes undergo synapsis 3.crossing over occurs |
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Name the 5 stages of prophase I |
1. Leptonema 2. Zygonema 3. Pachynema 4. Diplonema 5. Diakinesis |
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What happens in Leptonema? |
1. chromatin material begins to condense 2. chromosomes become visible 3. homology search
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localized condesations that resemble beads on string |
Chromomeres |
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What happens in zygonema? |
1. Chromosomes continue to shorten and thicken 2. synaptonemal complex begins to form between the homologs |
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What are paired homologs called? |
bivalent |
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What are the structures that are present only in plant cells? |
1. Vacuole 2. Cell wall 3. Chloroplast |
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Further development of ____ leads to synapsis |
Synaptominal complex |
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Further development of ____ leads to synapsis |
Synaptominal complex |
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Where does the development of synaptominal complex begin? |
Zygonema |
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What is a pair of chromatids from maternal and paternal members of homologous par? |
Nonsister chromatid |
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Two nonsister chromatids |
Tetrad |
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Sister chromatid |
Dyad |
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Daughter chromosome |
Monad |
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Ateas that remain in contact |
Chiasmata |
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Genetic exchange |
Crossinh over |
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Movement of chiasmata towards the en of a tetrad |
Terminalization |
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Error in meiosis wherein separation is not achieved |
Nondisjunction |