BIOLOGY 1406 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is homeostasis - the process whereby living organisms regulate their cells and bodies to maintain relatively stable internal conditions What are the characteristics of living things - 1. Cells and Organization 2. Energy use and metabolism 3. Response to environmental changes 4. Regulation and homeostasis 5. Growth and Development 6. Reproduction 7. Biological Evolution atom - the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element molecule - Two or more ...

What is homeostasis the process whereby living organisms regulate their cells and bodies to maintain relatively stable internal conditions What are the characteristics of living things 1. Cells and Organization 2. Energy use and metabolism 3. Response to environmental changes 4. Regulation and homeostasis 5. Growth and Development 6. Reproduction 7. Biological Evolution atom the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element molecule Two or more atoms he...

Biology - Answer scientific study of organisms, living and fossil Common Features all life forms share - Answer - Made of a common set of chemical compounds - Made up of cells - Extract energy from the environment and use it to do work - Contain genetic info that enables them to develop, function, and reproduce - Use a universal genetic code to build proteins - Regulate their internal environments - Exist in populations that evolve over time Evolution - Answer Major unifying p...

Metabolism - Answer Sum of all chemical activity Catabolic pathway - Answer break down molecules anabolic pathway - Answer build more complex molecules bioenergetics - Answer study of how organisms manage their energy resources Energy - Answer The capacity to do work or cause change. Potential Energy - Answer Energy by position or state. Examples - Water held back by a dam, chemical energy and electrical energy in a battery. Kinetic Energy - Answer Energy in mo...

Evolution - Answer The process of change that has transformed life on Earth. Biology - Answer The scientific study of life What are the five unifying themes? - Answer Organization, Information, Energy and Matter, Interaction, Evolution Biological Organization - Answer Molecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organs and organ systems, organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, biosphere Emergent Properties - Answer Result from the arrangement and interactions of parts wi...

Properties of Life - Answer -Order -Sensitivity / Stimuli -Reproduction -Growth & Development -Homeostasis -Regulation -Energy Processing Taxonomy - Answer Domain- Kingdom - Phylum- Class- Order- Family- Genus- Species Natural selection evidence - Answer -adaptation -variable traits - survival of the fittest -mechanism of heredity -artificial selection -fossil records -comparative anatomy -molecular evidence Controlled Experiment - Answer an experimental groups i...

Biology is the study of _______________. - Answer Life A pH of _____ is a strong base. - Answer 14 _____ are the intercellular junctions that hold cardiac muscle cells together. - Answer Gap Junctions Carbon is Atomic Number 6 so it always shares electrons - Answer True Prokayote cells and Eukaryote cells are the same size - Answer False When data supports a hypothesis, it is now proven - Answer False __________ are thought of as a junk drawer kingdom since some the...

5 THEMES OF LIFE - Answer 1. ORGANIZATION 2. INFORMATION 3. ENERGY AND MATTER 4. INTERACTION 5. EVOLUTION LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION - Answer BIOSPHERE, ECOSYSTEMS, COMMUNITIES, POPULATIONS, ORGANISMS, ORGAN SYSTEMS, ORGANS, TISSUES, CELLS, ORGANELLES, MOLECULES. PROPERTIES OF LIFE - Answer ORDER EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTION RESPOND TO THE ENVIRONMENT REGULATION ENERGY PROCESSING GROWTH AND DEVELOPEMENT REPRODUCTION WHAT IS BIOLOGY - Answer THE STUDY OF LIFE. BIOSPHERE IS: - A...

Cell Theory - Answer All living organisms are composed of one or more cells. What are the 3 important parameters in microsopy? - Answer Magnification, resoultion, and contrast. Cell structure relies on what 4 factors? - Answer Matter, energy, organization, and information What are the 2 categories all forms of life based on cell structure? - Answer Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. The proetome of a cell determines its ? - Answer Structure and function. Prokaryotic cell - Answ...

Cell division is used for which of the following ? - Answer Reproduction of single-celled organisms, growth of multicellular organisms, repair and replacement of cells, and sperm and egg production Asexual and sexual reproduction differs in that sexual reproduction_____________ - Answer Can produce great variation among the offspring (Meiosis) Asexual Reproduction ____________ - Answer Produces offspring genetically identical to the parent (Mitosis) Most of the time, DNA is in the...

autotrophs - Answer an organism able to build all the complex organic molecules that it requires as its own food source heterotroph - Answer an organism that cannot derive energy from photosynthesis or inorganic chemicals , and so must feed on other plants and animals, obtaining chemical energy by degrading their organic molecules cellular respiration - Answer the oxidation of organic compounds to extract energy from chemical bonds dehydrogenation - Answer chemical reaction that...

In 1928, __________ was surprised to find that when he killed pathogenic bacteria, then mixed the bacterial remains with living harmless bacteria, some living bacterial cells became pathogenic. - Answer Frederick Griffith In 1952, ___________ used bacteriophages to show that DNA is the genetic material of T2, a virus that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli). - Answer Hershey-Chase __________ are viruses that infect bacterial cells. - Answer Bacteriophages ______...