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Which property of water allows it to stabilize temperature in living organisms?
Which property of water allows it to stabilize temperature in living organisms?
What is the main result of dehydration synthesis between two amino acids?
What is the main result of dehydration synthesis between two amino acids?
In terms of enzyme function, what does the term 'induced fit' refer to?
In terms of enzyme function, what does the term 'induced fit' refer to?
In which part of the plant does the Calvin cycle take place?
In which part of the plant does the Calvin cycle take place?
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Which term best describes the roles of producers and consumers in an ecosystem?
Which term best describes the roles of producers and consumers in an ecosystem?
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What is the function of the mitotic spindle during mitosis?
What is the function of the mitotic spindle during mitosis?
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Which statement correctly describes a distinguishing feature of prokaryotic cells?
Which statement correctly describes a distinguishing feature of prokaryotic cells?
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What type of mutation results in a premature stop codon in protein synthesis?
What type of mutation results in a premature stop codon in protein synthesis?
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Study Notes
Exam 1 (Ch. 1, 2)
- Effects of pH on proteins
- Characteristics of living things
- Central dogma
- Producers vs. consumers
- Water properties
- Organic compounds
- Isotopes
- Protein structure
- Acids vs. bases
- Hydrolysis vs. Dehydration synthesis
- Experimental design (independent vs. dependent variables)
- Adaptation
- Prokaryotes vs. eukaryotes
- Negative vs. positive control
Exam 2
- Ideal conditions for plant cell/animal cell (tonicity)
- Diffusion
- Factors that affect enzymes
- Enzyme structure and function (Induced fit, substrate, active site, activation energy)
- Animal cells vs. plant cells (structure)
- Endergonic vs. exergonic
- Structures found in all cells
- What happens to plant/animal cells in hypertonic, hypotonic, and isotonic conditions?
- Organelle functions
- Why are cells small?
- Membrane structure
- Domains of Life
Exam 3
- What is reduced vs. oxidized in cellular respiration & photosynthesis?
- Electron transport chain purpose
- Where do events of cellular respiration occur?
- Oxidation vs. reduction
- Autotrophic vs. heterotrophic
- Where do light reactions vs. Calvin cycle occur?
- Products of light reactions
- Wavelengths best for photosynthesis
- ATP
- How are cellular respiration and photosynthesis related?
- Cristae
Exam 4
- Double helix
- Number of chromosomes in normal human diploid/haploid cells
- Percentages of each nucleotide when one is known
- Purpose of mitosis
- Base pairing rules
- Transcription & translation
- Point mutation - base substitution
- Nonsense mutation
- Mitotic spindle
- Cancer
- Leading vs lagging strand
- Interphase
- Gene
- DNA vs. RNA
- Binary fission
- DNA replication purpose
- Mutation
- Codon chart
Last Unit
- Purpose of meiosis
- Natural selection
- Why gametes must be haploid
- Homozygous vs. heterozygous
- Phenotype vs. genotype
- Sex-linked traits
- Simple dominant vs. recessive (monohybrid crosses)
- Alleles
- Determining gamete combinations from parental genotypes
- Blood type crosses (multiple alleles)
- Predicting probability of offspring outcomes
- Evolution
- Natural selection acts on individuals, but evolution occurs in populations
- Absorption spectrum for chlorophyll
- Conditions for stomatal closing/opening
- Color absorbed/reflected
- Location of O2 release by plants
- Terminal electron acceptor in cellular respiration
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This quiz covers key concepts from the first three chapters of a biology course, including the effects of pH on proteins, cell structure comparison, and the processes of cellular respiration and photosynthesis. Study topics like enzyme function, cell tonicity, and the central dogma of molecular biology to prepare effectively for your exams.
