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What are two things plants can do that animals can't?
1) Photosynthesis
2) Can acquire essential nutrients that are raw and organic/mineral uptake
Name 3 benefits to early life oxygen had
1) Blocked out UV radiation
2) Kreb Cycle
3) Oxygen is more efficient than Glucose in energy production
How do oxygen and hydrogen interact with electrons?
What is an effect of this when they bond together?
-Oxygen grabs electrons from almost anything, hydrogen is very reluctant to give them up.
-Polarization of water
Transpiration
A process that cools down leaves
Why does water have high surface tension?
Because of hydrogen bonding
What is carbohydrates primary function?
Produce energy
What is the fundamental sugar?
Glucose
What is the general structure of a carb?
Carbons (C) bonded to (OH)s and (H)s
What are the two different forms glucose can be in?
Linear or ring
Polymerization (in general and specific example)
When monomers join together to form polymers; glucose forming chains
What makes cell walls?
Cellulose and lignin
Photosynthesis
Radiant energy from the sun is captured and used to form sugars which all life depends on.
What element is released as a by-product of photosynthesis?
Oxygen
What pigment absorbs energy during photosynthesis?
Chlorophyll
When did photosynthesis begin on Earth?
3.4-3.5 billion years ago
What molecule is split during photosynthesis?
H20
Respiration
Breaking down oxygen to receive energy
Anaerobic
Oxygenless process
What is a hydroxl and carboxl?
OH-, CO(OH)
How many bonds do: H, O, C, N, P elements form?
1, 2, 4, 3, 4
What is cellulose?
A carbohydrate polymer
Hydrophobic
Repelled by water
Hydrophylic
Attracted to water
Amines
Organic molecules containing Nitrogen with a lone pair
Amino acids are bonded by what kind of bonds?
Peptide
Peptide bonds bond what?
Amino Acids
What is the primary structure for a protein?
Alpha-helix
What is the name of the functional protein system?
Quaternary structure
What form do catalysts usually take on?
Protein
Name 3 characteristics of catalysts
1) Speed up reaction
2) Do not affect direction of reaction
3) Are not consumed in reaction
What makes up a nucleotide in general?
1) Phosphate group
2) Sugar
3) Nitrogenous base
What is the name of weak/ephemeral bonds in water?
Hydrogen bonds
What are the five different nitrogenous bases in nucleotides?
1) Adenine
2) Guanine
3) Thymine - DNA
4) Cytosine
5) Uracil - RNA
Give an example of an alkaloid
Morphine, Caffeine
Cytoplasm
Liquid gel inside cell, contains the cytosol and holds organelles together, also includes plasma membrane
Prokaryote
Without Nucleus
Eukaryote
True nucleus
What is the nucleus' function?
Directing the whole cell, determines which proteins are produced by the cell
Grana
Stacks of thylakoids in the chloroplast
Where do light reactions occur?
On the grana
What is an organic molecule?
A molecule containing carbon
What are the four most common organic molecules?
1) Carbs
2) Lipids
3) Proteins
4) Nucleic Acids
Polysaccaride
Many sugars linked together
Are lipids hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
Hydrophobic
Triglyceride
3 fatty acid molecules bonded to a glycerol
Saturated fatty acid have...
Single C to C bonds
Unsaturated fatty acids have....
Double C to C bonds
Phospholipid
Lipid that becomes polarized by attaching a phosphorous
What are proteins?
Polymers of amino acids
Phagocytosis
Swallowing of small bacteria by larger cell which forms double membranes
Symbiosis
Close relationship of species/cells
What does the Plasma Membrane do? (2 things)
Coordinates cell wall synthesis, detects and facilitates cell growth and differentiation
What is stored inside vacuoles?
Sugars, acids, primary and secondary metabolites, and inorganic compounds
Which organelle takes up the most space inside the cell?
Vacuole
What are the two parts of the Endoplasmic Reticulum and what are their functions?
Smooth ER: makes lipids
Rough ER: makes proteins
What is the Golgi Body's function? (2 things)
Exocytosis: Takes vesicles and adds compounds to them, then fuses with plasma membrane, then they leave. Also synthesis of polysaccarides.
What are microtubules made up of?
Tubulin protein
Which organelle directs vesicles?
Microtubule
What does actin filament do?
Helps movement in cell
What are 3 organelles that plants have but animals don't?
Cell Wall
Plastids
Vacuoles
What holds a cell wall together?
Pectin
What prevents water loss in the cell wall?
Suberin
What does a cell wall determine/what are its functions?
Determines size, shape and how long a cell will live
Are primary or secondary cell walls thicker?
Secondary cell walls
What is the desmotubule?
A tubule that runs between cells
Plasmadesmata
Tubules that traverse the cell wall and enable communication between cells, connect protoplasts between cells
When does water potential = 0?
At 1 atm, 20 C
What is hydrostatic potential?
Water with potential from pressure
What is Asmotic Potential? What's the sign? What happens if NaCl is added?
The potential to move water across a semi-permeable membrane. (-). Potential is lowered.
Give an example of Matric Potential
Sponge absorbing water
Diffusion
Water moving to reach equilibrium in a solution
What happens when plants begin to wilt?
Loss of turgor
Incipient Plasmolysis
When there is 0 turgor
How do ions move through membranes?
Channel proteins direct ions, size and charge of ions matter when passing through
What is Chromatin?
DNA combined with histone proteins
What happens when chromosomes are condensed?
They turn into chromatin
What are ribosomes made of?
RNA and proteins
Where do amino acids link?
In ribosomes
What are two functions of plastids?
1) Help photosynthesis
2) Store compounds
Where does respiration take place?
Mitochondria
Exocytosis
Secretion of substances from cells to vesicles
Pit Fields
Area of greatly reduced thickness in primary cell wall
Hydrostatic Pressure
The pressure required to stop water flow
What is a gradient determined by?
The number of molecules dissolved, not mass
Turgor Pressure
Pressure that develops because of osmosis (osmotic pressure)
Wall pressure
Opposes the turgor pressure, balances it
Which is the high energy state, NAD+ or NADH?
NADH
What is the energy chain from lowest to highest of Adenosine?
Adenosine-->AMP-->ADP-->ATP
How can ADP turn into ATP?
Burning glucose
How do big free energy changes in reactions affect chain/pathway reactions?
They speed them up
How do biological processes perform with respect to temperature?
Increase 2-fold for increase in 10 C, until about 40 C.
What are two things that determine how fast a reaction goes?
Activation energy/free energy change, Ph
What happens if a chain/pathway wants to stop? Why?
A product usually goes to first reaction, so as to prevent any unwanted products.
What is the most important biological pathway?
Glycolysis (sugar-splitting)
Is glycolysis an anaerobic or aerobic process?
Both
How does glycolysis begin?
Hydrolysis of a starch to produce glucose
What does the glycolysis process yield?
2 ATP, 2 NADH and 2 pyruvate
About how much of the original energy in the glucose molecule remains after glycolysis?
80%
What does respiration include?
1) Glycolysis
2) Anaerobic/Aerobic pathway
3) Aerobic - Citric Acid Cycle then E-Transport Chain
Where do the citric acid cycle and e-transport chain occur?
In the mitochondria
What happens at the beginning of the Kreb cycle?
Pyruvate is combined with coenzyme A to form AcetylCoA
In the presence of oxygen, what happens to pyruvate after glycolysis?
Enters mitochondria to become AcetylCoA and begin Kreb cycle
Aquaporin and its function
Protein in cell membrane that regulates the flow of water through passive transport
Passive Transport
Diffusion down/with a concentration/electrochemical gradient
Active Transport
Diffusion against a concentration/electrochemical gradient
How much net energy is produced after glycolysis?
6 ATPs
Starch
Polysaccaride consisting of many glucose molecules
What is the second step in respiration and how much energy does it produce (under anaerobic conditions?)
Pyruvate turning into AcetylCoA, yielding 6 ATPs of energy
What is the point of respiration?
To gather energy for cellular use
What is the last step of the citric acid cycle and why is it important?
Oxaloacetate is remade so that it can bind with another AcetylCoA and continue the cycle
Where does CO2 release in plants come from?
The oxidation of glucose (respiration)
How much energy does all of respiration produce?
36 ATPs
What is iron's function in e-trasnport chain?
Allows molecules to be reduced/oxidized
When are electrons donated to e-trasnport chains?
At high energy levels
What element does the electron end the chain at? What is the name of it?
Joins with O2, called the terminal electron acceptor
Peter Mitchell
Found that the electron transport chain could drive H+ ions across membrane to form ATP
What happens when H+ is moved across membrane during e-transport chain?
NADH is converted into ATP
How much of the sun's energy that hits Earth is converted into energy from Photosynthesis?
0.02%
Simple Diffusion
Allows solutes to pass through membranes
What are two types of passive transport?
Diffusion, osmosis
What is an example of active transport?
Pumping of H+ ions against concentration gradient
True or false, water does not move freely through membranes.
True
First law of thermo
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only changed in form
Second law of thermo
Entropy, state of order to disorder naturally
What is the equation for free energy?
G = H-TS
Substrate
Molecule on which an enzyme acts
Active Site
Where the substrate enters the enzyme
Cofactor
Non-protein compound bound to a protein that helps proteins function
What happens when respiration occurs without oxygen?
Glycolysis then fermentation
ATP Synthase
Creates ATP by bonding ADP and phosphate, also has a pore protons can pass through
Where does glycolysis take place?
In cytosol
Van Helmont
Willow tree experiment, proved plants didn't grow from soil, proposed water but was wrong (1648)
Joseph Priestley, year?
Plants were able to sustain life, hence producing Oxygen (1774)
Ingenhousz, year?
Proved Priestley's experiment needed light to work, (1796)
What spectrum of light does chlorophyll absorb?
400-700nm
Englemann, year?
Found that chlorophyll creates oxygen a lot in blue and red spectrum (1882)
Robin Hill, year?
Found that oxygen comes from someplace else than CO2, proposed two photosystems were connected (1937)
Ruben and Kamen, year?
Created Heavy water molecules and traced that oxygen came from water, (1941)
Stroma
Where dark reactions occur (on the bottom of leaf, not an organelle)
In photosynthesis, photons, electrons and molecules have what ratio?
1:1:1
How are electrons raised in energy?
Photons adds PE
Fluorescence
The photon electrons emit is always a longer wavelength than that at which it was absorbed
When chlorophyll (pigment molecules) pass energy down into the reaction center to special chlorophyll molecules like tuning forks
Resonance energy transfer
How is photosynthesis initiated?
Antennae capture electromagnetic waves
Where is all the energy focused in the antenna complex?
Reaction Center
What happens in when electrons get lots of energy during photosynthesis?
Photosystem 2 allows for the electron to undergo an electron transport chain that, when losing energy, pumps protons into an electrochemical gradient
What happens (usually) when protons move down the electrochemical gradient?
ATP is generated
Cyclic Photophosphorolation
The cyclic process in Photosystem 2 that produces ATP from sunlight
Where does ATP go after Photosystem 2?
Calvin Cycle
Calvin/Benson, year?
Worked out path of citric acid cycle by watching the path radioactive carbon took (1947-1953)
Pigment
A substance that absorbs light
Action Spectrum
The spectrum as a measure of how effective certain wavelengths are in light requiring processes.
What are two photosynthetic reactions?
1) Light reactions
2) Carbon fixation/reduction Reactions
Light reaction
When light is used to form ATP from ATD
Carbon Fixation/reduction
The reduction of CO2 to an organic compound
What kind of reaction is the Calvin Cycle?
Carbon Fixation/reduction
Wat are the three stages in the Calvin Cycle?
1) Fixation
2) Reduction
3) Regeneration
What is the total energy from non-cyclic e flow?
6 ATP and 6 NADPH
What happens in the 1st stage of Calvin cycle?
Carbon bonds to RuBP to form PGA (x2)
What happens in the 2nd stage of Calvin cycle?
PGA is reduced to PGAL
What happens in 3rd stage of Calvin Cycle?
Glyceraldehyde (x5) regenerates RuBP
Overall, what happens in Calvin Cycle?
Carbon is fixed and turned into sucrose (starch)
Photorespiration, what is the result of this?
When Calvin cycle takes place with Oxygen instead of CO2 (reduces efficiency)
What kind of a pathway is Calvin Cycle?
C3 pathway
What's the most efficient pathway (usually) in photosynthesis?
C4 pathway
Rubisco and its function
Is a protein, the most abundant enzyme in the biosphere, takes CO2 and adds it to sugar
What are the 3 stages of interphase?
1) G1 phase
2) S phase
3) G2 phase
What happens after interphase?
mitosis/meiosis
G1 phase
cell doubles in size, organelles increase in number
S phase
DNA replicates
G2 phase
Chromosomes condense, structures for cell division assemble
What are the stages of Mitosis?
1) Early Prophase
2) Prophase
3) Metaphase
4) Anaphase
5) Telophase
Prophase
Chromatins begin to condense along cell plate into chromosomes
Chromatids
half a chromosome, but when separated become chromosomes, hold replicated DNA of chromosomes
Histones (what do they do)
Organize chromosomes when they condense to preserve order
Kinetochore
A protein structure on chromatids that pulls sister chromatids apart
Sister chromatids
Chromatids joined by the centromere
Metaphase
The mitotic spindle is formed
Anaphase
Chromosomes divide very quickly to poles
Cytokenesis, what is it caused by?
The actual division of the cell, caused by the cell plate
Telophase
Cell plate and nucleolus is formed
What is the end result of Mitosis?
Identical genetic information going into either cell
Diploid cell
Contains two sets of chromosomes
Haploid cell
One complete set of chromosomes
Meiosis is a process of (blank) cell to #(blank) cells
diploid to four haploid
Gamete
A cell that unites with another gamete to produce a diploid zygote
Syngamy
When two gametes fuse to form a zygote
Gene
Unit of heredity in an organism (DNA/RNA)
Locus
Location at which a gene is found
Allele
An alternative form of a gene (blue/brown eyes)
Homolog
A pair of chromosomes that have two identical chromatids
When homologs wrap together, it's called
Synapsis (difference between meiosis and mitosis)
Crossing over, what is the result?
When two different chromatids attach to each other, can happen multiple times, the result is the chromatids becoming different and obtaining different alleles
Prophase I
Homologs come together in pairs and coil around one another
Metaphase I
Paired chromosomes move on the metaphase plate, centromeres evenly distributed on sides of equatorial plane of spindle
Anaphase I
Paired chromosomes separate
Metaphase II
Centromeres are now lying on the plane and chromosomes are lined up at the equatorial plane
Anaphase II
Centromeres separate and chromatids move away from each other
Centromere
Thing that binds two homologs together
Telophase II
Four new nuclei now exists, each a haploid cell
What are the step of Meiosis?
1) Prophase I
2) Metaphase I
3) Anaphase I
4) Metaphase II
5) Anaphase II
6) Telophase II
Law of Segregation
Alleles segregate from each other and join randomly during meiosis when they split apart (Y and y randomly get paired)
Law of Independent Assortment
Alleles of one trait don't affect how often alleles from other traits are chosen
Gregor Mendel, year?
Worked with peas, looked at multiple generations of plants and how they changed (1866)
Homozygous
Same Allele
Heterozygous
Different Allele
Name 3 ways mutations occur
1) Radiation
2) Transposons
3) Polyploidy
Transposons
(Jumping genes) Segments of DNA move from one chromosome to another, form mutations
Polyploidy
Duplication of whole sets of chromosomes
Why is sexual reproduction favored?
Because it provides variation for a species
Vegetative/Asexual reproduction
Progeny have exact same genes as parents, can sexually reproduce with itself
When was DNA discovered?
1869
What are chromosomes made of?
DNA and protein
MacLoed and McCarty, year?
DNA causes bacterial transformation (1944)
Chargaff, year?
Came up with Adenine amount = Thymine amount and Guanine amount = Cytosine amount (1947)
Watson and Crick, year?
DNA has a alpha double helix shape, (1953)
Maelson and Stahl, year?
DNA division is semi-conservative (1958)
What does Helicase do?
Unzips DNA by eliminating hydrogen bonds
DNA polymerase function?
Replicates DNA from 5 C side to 3 C
Transcription
Synthesis of RNA, (DNA transcribes info onto RNA)
What is RNA's function?
Translates information onto proteins
Translation
Ribosome mediated synthesis of a protein
What attaches to an unzipped piece of DNA?
mRNA
What does an anticodon do?
Attaches to codon on tRNA
What are the 3 stages of protein synthesis?
1) Initiation
2) Elongation
3) Termination
Initiation
Small ribosomal subunit attaches to 5' end of mRNA (long strip) and the first tRNA molecule attaches to the initiation codon then the large ribosomal subunit comes and attaches
Elongation
A polypeptide (protein) is formed as more tRNA attach and detach
Termination
Termination (stop) codon, the protein is released
Codon
A sequence of three molecules, codons make up mRNA
Transcription Factors
A specific protein that attaches to specific DNA sequences, controlling the info to mRNA
What happens when methylation occurs?
Transcription can no longer take place
Charles Darwin's most famous voyage, year?
HMS Beagle (1831)
What four factors convinced Darwin of evolution?
1) Over Production
2) Variation
3) Natural Selection
4) Long Time
Malthus, year?
Book on overproduction (1798)
When was the Origin Of Species published?
1860
Gene Pool
Sum of all alleles in a population
Fitness
The ability of the passage of genes to the next generation
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium conditions, year? (5)
1) No mutations
2) Large population
3) Isolation from other populations
4) Random Mating
5) Absence of Selection
Genetic Drift
Genotypes eliminated in mass destruction of population
Founder Effect
When species migrate to new areas, there is a chance the allele frequency changed
Does the allele frequency change in non-random mating?
No
Biological species concept
If individuals can breed together, they are the same species
Morphological species concept
If individuals look very similar, they are the same species
Allopatric Speciation
Gene flow is disrupted due to natural causes (mountains rising)
What is Sympatric speciation and what causes it?
Nondisjunction occurs in meiosis, autopolyploid organism is formed due to a mistake where the homologs don't separate
Introgression
Buffalo Cattle example, a gene from a completely different type of species is found in an organism, even though phenotype is identical to its parents
Systematics
Look at how closely related species are from their origins/ancestors
Taxonomy
Identifying, naming and classifying all organisms
Linnaeus, year?
Wrote Species Planterum, used Latin to identify plants and came up with binomial structure
Genus
Group an organism is related to
Epithet
Specific name within a genus
Convergent evolution
Different origins of structures, but now perform same tasks
Divergent evolution
Similar structures now used for different tasks
3 Major differences in meiosis/mitosis
1) 2 nuclear divisions in meiosis, one in mitosis (same amount of DNA replications though)
2) 4 haploid cells in meiosis with half the chromosomes, 2 diploid cells in mitosis
3) Different gene combinations in meiosis, identical DNA in mitosis
Linkage
Genes close together on genetic maps show how much each gene segregates
What is the difference between DNA and RNA?
RNA is made of uracil and 3 other nucleotides and DNA is made of Thymine and 3 other nucleotides
Phylogenetic Species Concept
Define species in terms of ancestry
Nucleolus and its function
Organelle inside nucleus concerned with producing ribosomes
Hydrolysis
The breaking down of a molecule by adding water
Rubisco
Enzyme that catalyzes the carboxylation of RuBP
During Cellular Respiration what happens to Glucose?
Gets oxidized
What are the four major types of orghanic molecules?
1) Protein
2) Lipids
3) Carbs
4) Nucleotides
Anabolic Process
Endergonic reactions (take energy, like forming polysaccarides)
Catabolic Process
Exergonic reactions (give off energy, like polysaccarides being broken down into glucose)