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49 Cards in this Set
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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 |
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Leeuwenhoek |
Father of microbiology |
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Pasteur |
Vaccination |
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Scientific Method |
1) Observe 2) Question 3) Hypothesis 4) Prediction 5) Experiment 6) Results 7) Conclusion |
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Element |
Substance that can't be broken down into other substances by chemical reaction |
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Atom |
The smallest unit that can be identified as a specific element |
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Electron |
Negatively charged particle of an atom |
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Molecule |
Combination of two or more atoms |
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Compound |
Molecules formed from 2 or more different elements |
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When a shell is not full, an atom is... |
reactive |
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Atomic Mass |
Sum total of neutrons and protons in a nucleus |
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Ion |
Charged yet stable aton |
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Anion |
Negatively charged ion |
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Cation |
Positively charged ion |
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Isotope |
Element w/ different number of neutrons and thus different atomic masses |
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Proton |
Positively charged particles of an atom |
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What does atomic # tell us? |
Number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom |
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Types of bonds chemicals make |
1) Ionic 2) Covalent 3) Hydrogen |
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Ionic Bond |
Positive/Negative ions attract each other by virtue of their opposite charge
Complete transfer of electrons |
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Covalent Bond |
When two atoms share in their outer shell
Strongest/Most common |
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Hydrogen Bond |
Weak, results in a polar charge |
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Solution |
A mixture of one or more solutes uniformly disperssed in a solvent |
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Solvent |
The one doing the dissolving |
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Solute |
The substance being dissolved |
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4 Major Macromonomers of Life |
1) Carbohydrates 2) Proteins 3) Nucleic Acids 4) Lipids |
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Proteins can be... |
1) Structural 2) Mechanical 3) Enzymatic |
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Nitrogen base can be in one of two forms... |
1) Purine 2) Pyrimindine |
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DNA contains all nitrogen bases except |
Uracil (U) |
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RNA contains all nitrogen bases except |
Thymine (T) |
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Structures common in all prokaryotic cells |
1) Cell membrane 2) Cytoplasm 3) Ribosomes 4) One (or a few) chromosomes |
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Ribosomes |
Tiny particles composed of RNA and proteins
Site of protein synthesis |
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Structures found in most prokaryotic cells |
1) Cell Wall 2) Glycocalyx
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Gram positive |
- Two layers - cell wall and cytoplasmic membrane
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Gram negative |
- Three layers - Outer membrane, cell wall, cytoplasmic membrane |
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Prokaryotic shape |
1) Coccus 2) Bacillus 3) Spirillium |
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Coccus shape |
- Roughly sphyerical - greatest variety in arrangement |
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Bacillus |
- Rod shaped |
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Spirillium |
- Spiral shaped |
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Each organelle of eukaryotic cells |
1) Nucleus 2) Mitochondria 3) Ribosomes 4) Golgi apparatus 5) Lysosomes 6) ER 7) Vacuole |
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Rough ER |
Contains ribosomes |
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Smooth ER |
No ribosomes |
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THE PROTISTS |
1) Mastigophora 2) Sarcondia 3) Ciliophora 4) Apicomplexa |
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Mastigophora |
- Use flagella for moving |
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Sarcondia |
- Use pseudopodia for movement |
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Ciliphora |
- Use cilia for movement |
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Biologically important lipids |
1) Triglycerides 2) Phospholipids 3) Sterols |
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Cestodes |
- Tapeworms - Thing |
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Nematodes |
- Round worms - Elongate - Cylindrical |
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Trematodes |
- Flukes |