BIOL 1406 Lecture Exam Review PDF

## BIOL 1406 LECTURE EXAM REVIEWS ### Exam 1 - Evolution, the Themes of Biology, and Scientific Inquiry - Understand the concept of reductionism and its advantages and disadvantages. - Understand the concept of emergent properties. - Understand the respective levels of biological organization. - Be...

## BIOL 1406 LECTURE EXAM REVIEWS ### Exam 1 - Evolution, the Themes of Biology, and Scientific Inquiry - Understand the concept of reductionism and its advantages and disadvantages. - Understand the concept of emergent properties. - Understand the respective levels of biological organization. - Be able to identify the structural components of DNA. - Be able to distinguish between autotrophs and heterotrophs. - Understand the different types of feedback systems and be able to identify different examples. - Understand and be able to identify examples of different types of higher organizational level interactions. - Be able to properly format binomial nomenclatures. - Understand the steps of the scientific method. - Be able to formulate a hypothesis according to the specified conditions. ### Chapter 2 - The Chemical Context of Life - Be able to distinguish between elements and compounds. - Understand and be able to identify the different components of an atom. - Understand how to interpret the periodic table and identify each element by its atomic number and mass number. - Understand how isotopes affect an element's atomic mass. - Understand what potential energy is and how it applies to electrons. - Understand and be able to interpret the potential energy of each electron shell. - Understand what polar and nonpolar covalent bonds are and be able to identify examples. - Understand what ionic bonds are and be able to identify examples. ### Chapter 3 - Water and Life - Understand the molecular structure of water molecules including types of charges and bonding. - Understand the relationship between kinetic energy and motion. - Understand the difference between temperature and thermal energy. - Understand what a solution is and be able to identify the different components. - Understand the difference between hydrophilic and hydrophobic substances and examples of each. - Be able to calculate the molecular mass of different molecules. - Understand how different ions affect the pH scale. ### Chapter 4 - Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life - Understand the general purpose of the Miller-Urey Experiment. - Understand what valence electrons are and how to identify them. - Understand what carbon chains are and how they can vary. - Understand what hydrocarbons are. - Understand what isomers are. - Understand what constitutional (structural) isomers are and be able to identify examples. - Understand what cis-diastereomers (geometric isomers) are and be able to identify examples. - Understand what enantiomers (optical isomers) are and be able to identify examples. ### Chapter 5 - The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules - Understand how carbohydrates are classified and be able to identify examples. - Understand what form of carbohydrates the body can use. - Understand and be able to identify the different types of fatty acids. - Understand the organizational levels of protein structure and be able to identify examples of each structural level. - Understand the similarities and differences between DNA and RNA. - Be able to predict the counter strand of a given DNA sequence.