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Biology is the study of

Life

Not death but....

Properties of life include

Order,reproduction,growth and development, energy processing, response to the environment, regulation, and evolutionary adaptation

Biological organization unfolds as...

Biosphere


Ecosystem


Community


Population


Organism


Organ system


Organ


Tissue


Cell


Organelles


Molecule

Hierarchy of organization

What do eukaryotic cells contain that prokaryotic cells dont?

Nucleus containing DNA


containing DNA



Ecosystems are characterized by?

The cycling of chemical nutrients from the atmosphere and soil and back to the enviroment

Nutrients are cycled from the atmosphere through soil through ___________ and back to the enviroment?

Producers


Consumers


Decomposers


The ubity of life is based on


DNA and genetic code

DNA is responsible for?

Heredity, and for programming the activities of the cell

A species genes are coded in the sequence of?

The four building blocks making up DNA's double helix

Domains Bacteria and Archaea consist of ?

Prokaryotes

The Eukaryotic domain includes ?

Various protists and the kingdoms fungi, plantae, and animilia

Which elements make of 96% of living matter

Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen

Hydrophobic

Hates water

Hydrophilic

♡'s water

A computer that releases H+ in solution is ?

An acid

Compounds that accepts H+ is a ?

Base

Hydroxyl group

-OH

Carbonyl group

-C=O

Carboxyl group

HO-C=O

Amino group

-NH2

Phosphate group

-OPO3^2-

Methyl group

-CH3

Isomers

Have the same molecular formula but different structures

Names for compounds containing the amino group

Amines

Names for compounds containing ketone group

Carbs

Name of compounds containing carboxyl group

Organic acids

Name of compounds containing aldehyde

Aldoses

Name of compounds containing phosphate group

Organic phosphates

In which classes of macromolecules is amino found?

Proteins

In which classes of macromolecules is ketone(Carbonyl) found?

Carbs

In which classes of macromolecules is carboxyl found?

Proteins and lipids

In which classes of macromolecules is aldehyde (carbonyl) found?

Carbs

In which classes of macromolecules is phosphate found?

ATP

Monomers of proteins?

Amino acids

Monomers of carbohydrates?

Monosacharids

Monomers of lipids?

Fatty acids & Glycerol

Monomers of Nucleic acid

Nucleotides

Polymers of proteins

Dipeptides

Polymers of carbohydrates

Polysaccharides

Polymers of lipids

Triglycerides, fat, steroids, phospholipids, waxes

Polymers of Nucleic acid

DNA and RNA

Location for collagen and melanin for the skin are manufactured

Ribosomes

Location where new enzymes are modified into functional shapes

Rough ER

Packages manufactured molecules for transport out of the cell

Golgi body

Used by white blood cells to "digest" and destroy bacteria

Lysosome

Manufacturers sex hormones

Smooth ER

Most active cellular organelles during vigorous exercise

Mitochondria

Contains a large amount of cellulose

Cell wall

Regulates transport of materials into and out of a cell

Plasma membrane

Missing from mature red blood cells in humans

Nucleus

Moves chromosomes in the cell during cell division

Cytoskeleton

Produces sugars

Chloroplasts

Disaccharide

Two monosacharids

Polysaccharides

Long chains of sugar units

Lipids

Diverse, hudrophobic compounds composed largely of carbon and hydrogen

Fats

Consist of glycerol linked to three fatty acids

Saturated fats are found in

Animal fats

Unsaturated fats are found in

Plant oils

Cellulose

Is structural, found in plant cell walls

Chitin

Component of insect exoskeletons and fungal cell walls

Phospholipids

Contain two fatty acids attached to glycerol

Steroids include

Cholesterol and some hormones

Proteins consist of

Amino group, a carboxyl group, an H, and an R group, all attached to a central carbon

Proteins primary structure

Sequence of amino acids in its polypeptide chain

Proteins secondary structure

Coiling or folding of the chain, stabilized by hydrogen bonds

Proteins tertiary structure

3D shape of a polypeptide, resulting from interactions among R groups

Proteins made of more than one polypeptide

Have quaternary structure

Two types of Nucleic acids

DNA and RNA

DNA and RNA

Serve as blueprints for proteins and thus control the life of a cell

Nucleotides are composed of

A sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base

DNA is a helix; while RNA is a

Single polynucleotide chain

Ribosomes

Structures that synthesize proteins

Nucleotide

Region where the cell's DNA is located

Nucleus

DNA replication, RNA synthesis; assembly of ribosomal subunits

Polypeptide (protein) synthesis

Ribosomes

Synthesis of membrane lipids and proteins, secretory proteins, and hydrolysis enzymes; formation of transport vesicles

Rough ER

Lipid synthesis; detoxification in liver cells; calcium ion storage

Smooth ER

Modification and sorting of macromolecules; formation of lysosomes and transport vesicles

Golgi apparatus

Digestion of ingested food, bacteria, and a cells damaged organelles and macromolecules for recycling

Lysosome

Diverse metabolic processes, with breakdown of toxic hydrogen peroxide by-product

Peroxisomes

Conversion of chemical energy in food to chemical energy of ATP

Mitochondria

Conversion of light energy to chemical energy of sugars

Chloroplasts

Maintenance of cell shape; anchorage for organelles; movement of organelles within cells; cell movement

Cytoskeleton

Support; regulation of cellular activities

Extracellular

Communication between cells; binding of cells in tissues

Cell junctions

Support and protection; binding of cells in tissues

Cell walls

Form boundaries of organelles, compartmentalizing a cells activities

Membranes

Chloroplasts

An organelles found in plants and photosynthetic protists that absorbs sunlight and uses it to drive the synthesis of organic molecules from carbon dioxide and water

A short cellular appendage specialized for locomotion, formed from a core of nine outer doublet microtubules and two two single microtubules covered by the cell's plasma membrane

Cilia

A structure in an animal cell composed of cylinders of microtubules triplets arranged in a 9+0 pattern. An animal usually has a Centro some with a pair of centric les involved in cell division

Centriole

A long Cingular appendage specialized for locomotion.

Flagella