Review Questions Over Basic Science for Neuroscience Student PDF
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This document contains review questions about basic science topics relevant to neuroscience. The questions cover various aspects of the subject, including atomic structure, cells, DNA, and cellular processes.
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Review Questions over Basic Science for the Neuroscience Student 1. What are the parts of an atom, what are the subatomic particles of an atom, what are the charges of the subatomic particles, where are the subatomic found in the atom? 2. What role do electrons play in a chemical reaction? 3. W...
Review Questions over Basic Science for the Neuroscience Student 1. What are the parts of an atom, what are the subatomic particles of an atom, what are the charges of the subatomic particles, where are the subatomic found in the atom? 2. What role do electrons play in a chemical reaction? 3. What are valence electrons and why are they important? 4. Why is water polar? 5. What is the functional unit of life? 6. Can you see animal cells with the unaided eye (i.e., without a microscope)? 7. What are the two major compartments of a cell? 8. Where is the DNA found in a mammalian cell? 9. Briefly describe the main purposes of ribosomes, the Golgi apparatus, and mitochondria? 10. What is the chemical equation for the “circle of life”? 11. What is cellular respiration and what is its’ purpose? 12. What is the purpose of glycolysis? 13. Where does glycolysis take place? 14. Is it true that glycolysis requires oxygen? 15. During glycolysis, glucose is converted to what 3-carbon molecule? 16. Where does the citric acid cycle occur? 17. Is it true that pyruvate is fed directly into the citric acid cycle? 18. Where is the electron transport chain located? 19. What role do electrons play in cellular respiration? 20. Why do you need to breathe oxygen? 21. Where exactly does most of the ATP come from in a cell? 22. What is DNA and what is it composed of? 23. What is a gene? 24. What is a chromosome? 25. Is DNA normally double-stranded? 26. What is base paring in DNA and does this differ from base paring in RNA? 27. What is transcription? 28. Does hydrogen bonding occur in DNA? 29. What is translation? 30. On what structure does protein synthesis take place? 31. Is uracil normally found in DNA? 32. In the DNA helix, what is found in the middle (i.e., what makes up the “runs” of the DNA ladder)? 33. DNA in a cell is replicated before mitosis occurs. 34. mRNA is “made” in the cytoplasm? 35. What is the purpose of mitosis? 36. What is the purpose of meiosis? 37. What are gametes? 38. What is diploid versus haploid? 39. What are autosomes? 40. In a chromosome, DNA is wrapped around what protein?
