Alex Trebeck

Cells(Structure, function, Membranes, different

Types)

Photosynthesis

Respiration

Molecular Genetics

Evolution &

Classification

Plant Systems

Cells

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Cells

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The wall of a fungus cell is composed of?

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Chitin

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If a plant cell is placed into pure water what

will occur?

Cells

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Water will flow into the cell because the

water potential inside the cell is lower than it is outside the cell

Cells

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The Modern Cell Theory states?

Cells

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• All living things are composed of cells

• Cells are the basic unit of all organisms

• All cells arise from preexisting cells

Cells

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The 3 functions of the Smooth E.R are?

Cells

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1. Assists in the synthesis of steroid hormones and other lipids

2. Connects rough E.R to the Golgi apparatus

3. Carries out various detoxification processes

Cells

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The cytoplasmic channels between

plant cells are called?

Cells

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Plasmodesmata

Cells

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What are the 2 main processes of

photosynthesis?

Photosynthesis

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1. The light-dependent (light reactions)

2. Light-independent reactions

Photosynthesis

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To power the production of sugar, the Calvin cycle

uses ATP formed during…?

Photosynthesis

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The light reactions

Photosynthesis

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Where in the cell is ATP-synthase located?

Photosynthesis

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In the thylakoid membrane of the

choloraplast and in the cristae membrane

of the mitochondria

Photosynthesis

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How many turns of the Calvin cycle are

required to produce on molecule of

glucose?

Photosynthesis

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6

Photosynthesis

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Cyclic photophosphorylation

results in the production of?

Photosynthesis

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ATP

Photosynthesis

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Most energy during cell respiration is

harvested during?

Respiration

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Chemiosmosis or oxidative

phosphorylation during the electron

transport chain.

Respiration

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ATP produced during fermentation is generated by?

Respiration

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Substrate level phosphorylation

Respiration

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What is the enzyme that catalyzes the 3rd

step in Glycolysis?

Respiration

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Phosphofructokinase (PFK), an

allosteric enzyme that inhibits glycolysis when the cell has enough ATP and does not need to produce anymore.

Respiration

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What are the two types of anaerobes? Describe them.

Respiration

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1. Facultative anaerobes- can tolerate the presence of oxygen

2. Obligate anaerobes- cannot live in an environment containing oxygen

Respiration

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Oxidative Phosphorylation is powered by…?

Respiration

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The redox reactions of the electron transport

chain

Respiration

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If a cell has 28 chromosomes at the beginning of meiosis, how

many chromosomes will it have at the end of meiosis?

Cell Division

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14

Cell Division

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The synaptonemal complex forms

during?

Cell Division

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Prophase I of meiosis

Cell Division

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When do homologous chromosomes

separate?

Cell Division

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During Anaphase I of meiosis

Cell Division

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What 2 important factors limit cell size

and promote cell division?

Cell Division

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1. The ratio of the volume of a cell to the surface

area2. The capacity of the

nucleus to control the entire cell

Cell Division

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Interphase consists of ___,____, and ____.

More than __% of the life of a cell is spent in interphase

Cell Division

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G1 ,S , and G2

o The G1 phase is a period of intense growth and biochemical activity

o The S stands for the synthesis or replication of DNAo G2 is the phase when the cell continues to grow and to complete preparations for cell

division

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Cell Division

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What type of chemical bonds are found between the nitrogenous bases in a

molecule of DNA?

Molecular Genetics

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Hydrogen bonds

Molecular Genetics

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Where are genes located?

Molecular Genetics

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On the chromosome

Molecular Genetics

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In 1927, Griffith discovered that bacteria have the ability to transform harmless cells

into virulent ones by transferring some genetic factor from one bacteria cell to another. This phenomenon is known as?

What is the experiment known as?

Molecular Genetics

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The phenomenon is known as bacterial transformation and the experiment is known as

the transformation experiment.

Molecular Genetics

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DNA consists of?

Molecular Genetics

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5-carbon sugar(deoxyribose), a

phosphate, and a nitrogen base.

Molecular Genetics

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There are four nitrogenous bases: adenine, thymine,

cytosine, and guanine, which ones are purines and which

ones are pyrimidines?

Molecular Genetics

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Adenine and Guanine are purines

Thymine and cytosine are pyrimidines

Molecular Genetics

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The only taxon that actually exists as a

natural unit is?

Evolution & Classification

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Species

Evolution & Classification

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What is the difference between Radial Symmetry and

Bilateral Symmetry?

Evolution & Classification

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Radial symmetry is when several planes can pass through the long axis and divide the animal into similar parts such as the hydra but if only one plane can bisect the animal into left and right

halves then the symmetry is bilateral.

Evolution & Classification

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In the Hardy-Weinberg equation the dominant trait is represented by?

Evolution & Classification

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p

Evolution & Classification

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The first cells on earth were?

Evolution & Classification

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Anaerobic heterotrophic prokaryotes

Evolution & Classification

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Who developed the theory of endosymbiosis and what is

endosymbiosis?

Evolution & Classification

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Lynn Margulis developed the theory of endosymbiosis which states that mitochondria

and choloroplasts were once free-living prokaryotes that took up residence inside larger

prokaryotic cells.

Evolution & Classification

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Plant Systems

Animal Systems

Ecology

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Biotechnology

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AnimalSystems Ecology Labs Biotechnology

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What tissue makes up most of the wood of a

tree?

Plant Systems

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Secondary xylem

Plant Systems

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What causes the stomatas to close?

Plant Systems

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An increase in abscisic acid in the guard cells

Plant Systems

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If someone wanted to observe the process of mitosis in plant roots

than they should examine the plant’s…?

Plant Systems

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Meristem tissue

Plant Systems

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What are the most widespread seedless

tracheophytes?

Plant Systems

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The ferns

Plant Systems

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What is the difference between megaspores and microspores.

Plant Systems

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Megaspores develop into male gametophytes while

microspores develop into female gametophytes.

Plant Systems

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B lymphocytes produce?

Animal Systems

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Antibodies

Animal Systems

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B lymphocytes and t lymphocytes originate where? B lymphocytes mature where?

Where do T lymphocytes mature?

Animal Systems

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They originate in the bone marrow. B lymphocytes

mature in the bone marrow and T lymphocytes mature

in the thymus gland.

Animal Systems

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Absorption of nutrients occurs in?

Animal Systems

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The latter part of the small intestine

Animal Systems

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Gastric enzyme works best at a pH of?

Animal Systems

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2

Animal Systems

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What are four types of asexual reproduction?

Animal Systems

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1. Fission~ The separation of an organism into two new cells2. Budding~ the splitting off of new individuals from existing

ones3. Fragmentation & regeneration~ when a single parent breaks

into parts that regenerate into new individuals4. Parthenogenesis ~ the development of an egg without

fertilization and the resulting adult is haploid

Animal Systems

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What are 5 properties of populations?

Ecology

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1. Size2. Density

3. Dispersion4. Survivorship Curves

5. Age structure

Ecology

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What are 4 characteristics of r-

strategists?

Ecology

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1. Many young2. Reproduce once

3. Little or no parenting4. Rapid maturation

Ecology

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What are 4 characteristics of K-

strategists?

Ecology

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1. Few young2. Intensive parenting

3. Slow maturation4. Reproduce many

times

Ecology

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Which trophic level do cows belong in?

Ecology

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Primary consumers

Ecology

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Acid rain is mainly caused by which pollutants in the air?

Ecology

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Nitrogen and sulfur

Ecology

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What is the theory of transpirational

pullcohesion tension?

Labs

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It explains that as one molecule of water evaporates from a leaf, one

molecule of water is pulled into the plant through the roots.

Labs

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States that there is no significant difference

between the observed and expected data.

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Null hypothesis

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The Hardy-Weinburg equation enables us

to?

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Calculate the frequencies of alleles

in the population

Labs

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If 2 of the bands on an electrophoresis gel have

almost the same base pair size then how could one

separate them?

Labs

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Run them in a gel that is more concentrated.

Labs

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The Q10 effect refers to?

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Body temperature

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What does “Beads on a String” refer to?

Biotechnology

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Nucleosomes

Biotechnology

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What are Multigene families?Biotechnology

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Identical or similar genes that have evolved by gene

duplication

Biotechnology

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Why do scientists employ an expression

vector?

Biotechnology

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To overcome differences in

promoters and other DNA control sequences

Biotechnology

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How many genes do humans have?

Biotechnology

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25,000

Biotechnology

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What are SNPs?

Biotechnology

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Single nucleotide polymorphisms are single base-pair variations in the genome usually detected by

sequencing

Biotechnology

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The inner series of membranes of the mitochondria are

called?

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Cristae

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What is the approximate size of a human red blood cell?

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8 micrometers or 80 nanometers (nm)

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What is X-ray crystallography?

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A technique used to determine the three-dimensional structure

of a molecule

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What are replication bubbles?

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There are thousands of them along the DNA molecule and they

speed up the process of replication

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Specialized cells of Bowman’s capsule are modified into ____,

which along with slit pores, increase the rate of filtration.

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podocytes

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The Bohr effect on the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve is produced directly by

changes in?

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pH

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