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What are the characteristics of life?

1) Composed of cells


2) Ability to reproduce


3) Homeostasis


4) Respond to environment


5) Metabolize


6) Evolve

Leeuwenhoek

Father of microbiology

Pasteur

Vaccination

Scientific Method

1) Observe


2) Question


3) Hypothesis


4) Prediction


5) Experiment


6) Results


7) Conclusion

Element

Substance that can't be broken down into other substances by chemical reaction

Atom

The smallest unit that can be identified as a specific element

Electron

Negatively charged particle of an atom

Molecule

Combination of two or more atoms

Compound

Molecules formed from 2 or more different elements

When a shell is not full, an atom is...

reactive

Atomic Mass

Sum total of neutrons and protons in a nucleus

Ion

Charged yet stable aton

Anion

Negatively charged ion

Cation

Positively charged ion

Isotope

Element w/ different number of neutrons and thus different atomic masses

Proton

Positively charged particles of an atom

What does atomic # tell us?

Number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom

Types of bonds chemicals make

1) Ionic


2) Covalent


3) Hydrogen

Ionic Bond

Positive/Negative ions attract each other by virtue of their opposite charge



Complete transfer of electrons

Covalent Bond

When two atoms share in their outer shell



Strongest/Most common

Hydrogen Bond

Weak, results in a polar charge

Solution

A mixture of one or more solutes uniformly disperssed in a solvent

Solvent

The one doing the dissolving

Solute

The substance being dissolved

4 Major Macromonomers of Life

1) Carbohydrates


2) Proteins


3) Nucleic Acids


4) Lipids

Proteins can be...

1) Structural


2) Mechanical


3) Enzymatic

Nitrogen base can be in one of two forms...

1) Purine


2) Pyrimindine

DNA contains all nitrogen bases except

Uracil (U)

RNA contains all nitrogen bases except

Thymine (T)

Structures common in all prokaryotic cells

1) Cell membrane


2) Cytoplasm


3) Ribosomes


4) One (or a few) chromosomes

Ribosomes

Tiny particles composed of RNA and proteins



Site of protein synthesis

Structures found in most prokaryotic cells

1) Cell Wall


2) Glycocalyx


Gram positive

- Two layers


- cell wall and cytoplasmic membrane


Gram negative

- Three layers


- Outer membrane, cell wall, cytoplasmic membrane

Prokaryotic shape

1) Coccus


2) Bacillus


3) Spirillium

Coccus shape

- Roughly sphyerical


- greatest variety in arrangement

Bacillus

- Rod shaped

Spirillium

- Spiral shaped

Each organelle of eukaryotic cells

1) Nucleus


2) Mitochondria


3) Ribosomes


4) Golgi apparatus


5) Lysosomes


6) ER


7) Vacuole

Rough ER

Contains ribosomes

Smooth ER

No ribosomes

THE PROTISTS

1) Mastigophora


2) Sarcondia


3) Ciliophora


4) Apicomplexa

Mastigophora

- Use flagella for moving

Sarcondia

- Use pseudopodia for movement

Ciliphora

- Use cilia for movement

Biologically important lipids

1) Triglycerides


2) Phospholipids


3) Sterols

Cestodes

- Tapeworms


- Thing

Nematodes

- Round worms


- Elongate


- Cylindrical

Trematodes

- Flukes