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Scientific Method |
- Ask a question - Do research - Construct a hypothesis - Test your hypothesis - Analyze your data and create conclusion - Communicate results |
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Deductive Reasoning |
starts out with a general statement to reach a specific conclusion |
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Inductive Reasoning |
makes broad generalizations from specific observations |
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Differences b/t Mitosis and Meiosis |
1. Meiosis produces 4 haploid cells and mitosis produces 2 diploid cells 2. Meiosis produces non-indentical daughter cells and mitosis produces identical daughter cells 3. Meiosis involves 2 cell divisions 4. Overlapping of chromosomes occurs in meiosis 5. Homologous chromosomes create synaptonemal complex |
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Criteria for life |
- composed of cells - have different levels of organization - use energy - respond to the environment - grow - reproduce - adapt to the environment |
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The kind of reaction that puts subunits together |
condensation |
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The kind of reaction that take subunits apart |
hydrolysis |
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Types of bonds that hold together a) Proteins b) Sugars c) Nucleic Acid d) Fatty Acids |
a) peptide bond b) glycosidic bond c) phosphodiester bond d) covalent bond |
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What is the structure of an amino acid |
- amino group - carboxyl group - R group |
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What affects the delta G of a reactions |
- temperature - pressure - concentration of reactants |
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entropy |
the measure of a system's disorder |
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oxidation |
the removal of an electron |
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reduction |
the addition of an electron |
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catabolism
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breaks down foodstuff into smaller molecules |
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anabolism |
uses energy formed in catabolism to drive the synthesis of molecules that form the cell |
