Foundations (Chapter 1) Flashcards
(39 cards)
1
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Plasma membrane
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Feature of living organisms
2
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Cytoplasm
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Feature
3
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OMICS
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Yeah idk what these are right now
4
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Phototrophs
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Use light as energy source
5
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Chemotrophs
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Obtain energy from the oxidation of a chemical fuel
6
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Autotrophs
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Organisms that can synthesize all of their biomolecules directly from CO2
7
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Heterotrophs
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Organisms that get their biomolecules as preformed organic nutrients from other organisms.
8
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Photoautotrophs
A
Hm
9
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Photochemotrophs
A
Hm
10
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Chemoautotrophs
A
Hm
11
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Chemoheterotrophs
A
Us.
12
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Carbon fixation
A
Hm
13
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Gram-positive
A
Yo
14
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Gram-negative
A
Sup
15
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Ribosomes
A
Protein synthesis
16
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Peptidoglycan
A
Polymer
17
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Nucleoid
A
E. coli
18
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Cytoplasm
A
Cytosol and organelles
19
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Porins
A
Yo
20
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Pili
A
Lol
21
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Plasmids
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DNA segments
22
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Bacteria
A
Class
23
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Archaea
A
Class
24
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Eukaryotes
A
Class
25
Mitochondria
Powerhouse!
26
Endoplasmic reticulum
Org
27
Golgi complexes
Org
28
Peroxisomes
Org
29
Lysosomes
Org
30
Vacuoles
Org
31
Chloroplasts
Org
32
Cytoskeleton
Hm
33
Actin filaments
Hm
34
Microtubules
Hm
35
Intermediate filaments
Hm
36
Endomembrane system
Hm
37
Exocytosis
Out
38
Endocytosis
In
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4 most abundant elements in living organisms
Hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon
