Modern States Video Flashcards

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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

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Contains hereditary/genetic material in humans and most other organisms

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Where is DNA found

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Nucleus of a cell
Some found in mitochondria (mtDNA)

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What are the bases of DNA and their pairs? What do they determine?

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Adenine (A) pairs with Thynine (T)
Guamine (G) pairs with Cytosine (C)
They determine how the organism builds and maintains themselves

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What is a nucleotide? What do they form

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When base pairs attach to sugar molecules and a phosphate molecule
They form 2 long strands that spiral into a double helix

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DNA replication

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Split ladder of nucleotides and base pairs in half
Each half serves as a pattern for duplication
Each new cell needs exact copy from old cell

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Enzyme

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Catalyst that accelerates the rate of reactions

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Most enzymes are ________ but some catalytic ___ molecules have been found

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Proteins; RNA

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What are the molecules at beginning of enzymatic reactions?

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Substrates
During the reaction the substrates turn into different molecules (products)
Enzyme is unchanged

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How do enzymes work?

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Lower the activation energy of a reaction - this reduces reaction time

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Relationship between enzymes and their substrates

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Enzymes are highly specific - they only bind when substrates match their active site

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What are enzymes affected by

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Inhibitors - molecules decrease enzyme activity
Activators - molecule increase enzyme activity

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Autotroph

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Self feeders
Producers

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Heterotrophs

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Eat others
Consumers

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Gene

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Molecular unit of heredity of a living organism
Sequence of nucleic acids

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What is an allele?

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Code a variant of that gene

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Genes specify all _______ and functional ____ chains

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Proteins, RNA

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What do genes do?

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Hold information to build and maintain an organisms cells and psd genetic traits to offspring (eyes, limbs, blood type)

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How do genes create or coded for its protein?

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Transcription and translation

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What is gene transcription

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Single stranded messenger RNA (mRNA) is created
MRNA Complements DNA - where it was transcribed from

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What is gene translation?

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The mRNA is used as a template for synthesizing a new protein
TRNA brings amino acids and anticodon for protein synthesis

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What is a hormone?

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Chemical released that affects other parts of body
A chemical messenger that transports a signal from one cell to another
All multicellular organisms produce hormones

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Effects of hormones

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Stimulate or inhibit growth
Induction or suppression of programmed cell death
Immune system
Fight or flight- adrenaline / epinephrine
Puberty, parenting , menopause
Reproduction
Mood
Metabolism
Cravings
Sexual arousal

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How do hormones control internal environment

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Homeostasis

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Characteristics of animalia

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Eukaryotic and multicellular
Heterotrophic
No cell walls - exoskeleton or shells
Motile
Sexual reproduction - some asexual

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Subkingdoms of anamalia
Parazoa- differentiated cells but no distinct tissues or body symmetry Eumetazoa- 2/3 distinct layers of cells with differentiated tissues and have radial or bilateral symmetry
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Fungi characteristics
Eukaryotic More similar to animals than plants Cells walls of chitin Asexual via spores or Sexual via meiosis
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Examples of fungi
Yeast, mold, rust, familiar mushrooms
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How do fungi grow
In soil, on dead matter, live on plants/animals/other fungi
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Fungi roles
Decomposition Leavening agent for bread Enzyme in detergent Food Fermentation Antibiotics Pesticides Some toxic
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Kingdom plantae includes
Green algae No vascular plants Vascular plants
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Vascular plants are also known as _______
Tracheophytes
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Seed plants (aka _____) have two groups:
Spermatophytes Gymnosperms- no flowers Angiosperms - flowering plants
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Cell walls of plants
Cellulose and lignin (lignin provide structure)
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Botany
The study of plants
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Meiosis
Sexual reproduction in eukaryotes involves a form of cell division
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Steps to meiosis
Interphase Prophase I Metaphase I Anaphase I Telophase I Cytokinesis I (Repeats P-C)
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Mitosis
Eukaryotic cells reproduce asexually by dividing into two genetically identical daughter cells
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Steps to Mitosis
Interphase Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase
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What is mitosis interphase
Period of cell growth and DNA replication Chromosomes are chromatin Nucleus may still be present
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What is mitosis prophase
Chromatin condense into chromosomes Nuclear membrane breaks down Sister chromatids joined by centromeres Centrosomes move to opposite ends of poles
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What is mitosis metaphase
Chromosomes align at equilateral Micro tubes attach to sister chromosomes to centrosomes
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What is Mitosis anaphase
Centromeres divide Micro tubes shorten Chromosomes to opposite sides of cell
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What is Mitosis telaphase
Cytoplasm divides along cleavage Chromosomes condense to chromatin Nucleolus reappears Nuclear membrane reforming around clear nucleus
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Nucleic acids
Linear chain of nucleotides
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Nucleotides
Consists of nitrogenous base -purine - Adenine and Guanine - pyrimidine - cytosine, thynine, uracil a Pentose (5C sugar) - ribose or deoxyribose And a phosphate group
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RNA
Ribonucleic acid Made of base pair connected by sugar and phosphate molecules : Ribose+AGCU Usually single stranded - can fold on self creating double helix
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Messenger RNA -
carry code from DNA in nucleus to ribosomes in the cytoplasm
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Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
Read the code carried by the mRNA
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Transfer RNA (tRNA)
Bring amino acids to ribosomes where they are linked to proteins
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Virus
Tiny nonliving biological infectious agent
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What do viruses consists of
DNA or RNA genome encased in a protein coat aka capsid Can be single or double stranded
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How do viruses reproduce
Infect and take over living host cell Can be dormant Inserts genetic material into host’s Takes control of host DNA - produces viral genes and protein- form new visions to destroy host and infect more
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What is Boyles Law
Pressure x Volume = Constant or Pressure = constant/volume
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Archimedes principle
A buoyant force in a submerged object is equal to the weight of the liquid displace by the object Volume= (mass of object-mass in water)/density of water
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Density of water
1g/cubic cm
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Catalyst
A substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process Lowers activation energy Provides surface for molecules to gather and bind
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Homogenous catalyst
Same phase as reactants Ex) liquid with liquid
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Heterogenous catalyst
Different phase than reactants
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Nucleus
Contains chromosomes and regulates DNA of a cell
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Chromosomes
Thread like rods of DNA
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Chromatin
DNA and protein that make up chromosomes
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Nucleolus
Involved in protein synthesis Synthesizes and stores RNA
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Nuclear pores
Exchange of material
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Nuclear envelope
Encloses the structures of the cell
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Nucleoplasm
Liquid within the nucleus
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Cytosol
Liquid material within the cell
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Cytoplasm
The cytosol and substructure found within plasma membrane
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Cell plasma membrane
Defines cell acting as a barrier
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Endoplasmic reticulum
Tubular network that comprises the transport system of a cell
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Mitochondrion
Generates ATP and is involved in cell growth and death
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Ribosomes
Involved in synthesizing proteins from amino acids
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Golgi complex
Involved in synthesizing materials such as proteins that are transported out of the cell
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Vacuoles
Sacs used for storage digestion and waste removal
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Vesicle
Moving materials within a cell
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Cytoskeleton
Consists of microtubules that help shape and support the cell
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Centrioles
Involved in cellular division
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Centrosomes
Involved in mitosis and the cell cycle
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Lysosome
Digest proteins lipids and carbs
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Cilia
Causes cell to live and can result in fluid being moved by the cell
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Flagella
Use whip like movements to help cell move
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Cell wall
Provides plants with sturdy barrier that can hold fluid within cell
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Chloroplasts
Plant cells use for photosynthesis
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Plastid
Used to make chemical compounds store food
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Plasmodesmata
Allow for transport between cells
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Metabolism
All of the chemical reactions that take place in living organisms Convert nutrients to energy and macromolecules
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Metabolic pathways
Series of reactions where the product of one reaction is the substrate for the next
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Anabolic reaction
Require energy Build larger and more complex molecules from smaller ones
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Catabolic reactions
Release energy Break down large molecules to smaller less complex ones
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Cellular respiration
Set of metabolic reactions that convert chemical bonds into energy stored in form of ATP
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Time scale
How quickly or slowly chemical reactions occur
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Reaction rates
Based on Frequencies of contact, temp, and properties (shape) Can be accelerated via catalyst or decreased via inhibitors
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What do chemical reactions release
Heat Light Electrons Ions
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What can influence reactions or break bonds
Heat and other
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Combination (synthesis) reactions
2 or more reactants combine to form one product
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Compound
Substances containing two or more elements Formed by chemical reactions Different properties from the original elements
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Solutions
Homogenous mixtures Two or more substances Ex) salt water
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Mixture
Two or more substances that have combined No chemical reaction Can be separated
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Convection
Heat transfer through movement or circulation of fluids Heat moves away from source to cooler denser area
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Decomposition reactions
Reactant is broken down to more products
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Displacement
Final position - original placement
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Physics
Explanation and description of the ways matter moves
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Vector
Magnitude (size) and direction
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Scalar
Magnitude (size) alone
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DNA mutations
When normal gene sequence is altered
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Hereditary
Passed form parent to child
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De novo
Occur only in sex cells it shortly after fertilization
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Mosaicism
Occurs in a cell during and early embryonic stage
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Acquired or somatic
Due to environmental factors or replication occurred
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Origin of replication
Where splitting starts
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DNA replication
Enzyme helicase instigates deforming of hydrogen bonds between bases to split two strands
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Replication fork
The portion of DNA that is unwound to be replicated
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Double replacement aka metathesis reactions
Ions or bonds are replaced by two compounds to form two different compounds
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Electrical force
Universal force that exists between any two electrical charged objects Opposite attract and like repel
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Electrical force equation
F=(kq1q2)/r^2 K> constant 9x10^9 Q > magnitude of charge R > distance between objects
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Friction
Force that results as resistance to motion where 2 surfaces are in contact
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Static friction
Small amount of force is exerted but neither object moves
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Kinetic friction
Larger amount of force is exerted and one of the objects move
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What type of friction is greater of with more force
Static > kinetic
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Simple fruits
Formed from one ovary
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Botanical fruits
Develop from flower
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Aggregate fruit
Many ovaries 1 flower Raspberries blackberries
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Multiple fruits
Many flowers single structure Pineapple Figs
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Function of circulatory system
Conduct nutrients and oxygen to the tissues Remove waste Transport hormones and agents Carry and produce blood
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Water cycle
Water movement in above and within earth
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States of water in cycle
Liquid Ice Vapor
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Precipitation
Water vapor falls in earth via rain sleet snow
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Canopy
Precipitation land on plants instead of grounds
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Snowmelt
Runoff from melting snow
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Infiltration
Flows from surface into ground
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Subsurface flow
Flows underground
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Evaporation
Liquid to gas
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Sublimation
Solid water turns to gas without turning into liquid
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Advection
Movement of water through atmosphere
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Condensation
Water vapor to liquid
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Transpiration
Vapor is released from plants to air
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Theory of plate tectonics
The lithosphere , upper solid of mantle and crust, major and minor plates move
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Three types of plate boundaries
Transform - two slide past Divergent- pull away form new crust Convergent - push into each other (subduction one plate goes under other)
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Rock definition
Aggregates of more than one mineral (may contain mineraloids) and organic matters No definite structure or shape
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Rock types
Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Classified by formation and minerals
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The study of rocks is called
Petrology
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Mineral definition
Naturally occurring Inorganic Silvia with definite chemical Conor and orderly internal crystalline structure Polymorph is two minerals with same chem comp Classified by chemical comp
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Study if Minerals
Mineralogy
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Igneous rock is formed by
Hot magma cooling beneath the ground or lava cools above ground to form large or fine grained crystalline, porous, or glassy rocks or varying chemical composition
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Examples of igneous rocks
Granite Pumice
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Sedimentary rocks
Formed from previously weathered and eroded material which may have been igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rocks
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Example of sedimentary rocks
Dolomite Limestone
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Metamorphic rocks
Altered, partially remelted, generally highly crystalline Igneous sedimentary or even older metamorphic rocks Extreme heat and compression
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Examples of metamorphic rocks
Slate Marble
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Gravitational force
Universal force that causes every object to exert a force on all other objects
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Equation for gravitational force
F=(Gm1m2)/r^2 G> gravitational constant 6.672x10^-11 M1+m2 > masses of the two objects R > distance between them
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Heat capacity
Thermal mass Amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of an object
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Q=c🔺t
Q is heat energy transferred C is heat capacity if the body 🔺T is Change in objects temp Answer in joules
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Specific heat capacity
Heat capacity per unit mass Q=mc🔺T Specific heat=mass times shc times change in temperature
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Meteoroid
A rock in space
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Meteor
The streak of light from a meteoroid in earths atmosphere
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Meteorite
Meteoroid that reached the Earths surface
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Meteor shower
Higher than normal number of meteors
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Fireballs
Very bright meteors with trails that can last as long as 30 minutes
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Proteins
Large biological molecules consisting of one or more chains of amino acid peptide
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What is the primary structure of proteins
Amino acids sequence
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What is the secondary structure of proteins
Regularly repeating local structures stabilized by hydrogen bonds (alpha helix , beta sheet, turns)
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Tertiary structure
Overall shape of a single protein molecule; the spatial relationship of secondary structures to one another
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Quartering structure
The structure fired by several protein molecules (usually called protein subunit which function as a protein complex)
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Structural proteins
Give stiffness and rigidity to biological components that would otherwise be fluid (ex keratin)
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Receptors
Bind a signaling molecule to induce a biochemical response
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Antibodies (immunoglobulin)
Bind antigens and target them for destruction
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Motor proteins
Generate the forces responsible for muscle construction
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Pump proteins
Transport ions or small molecules across a membrane
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Switch proteins
Act as an on off switch based on the presence of absence of certain other molecules in a cell
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Astronomy
The scientific study of celestial objects and their positions, movements, and structures
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Cell theory
All living organisms made of cells New cells are formed from pre existing cells All cells are similar Cells are the most basic unit of life
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What are some similarities between plants and animal cells
Eukaryotic Nucleus Reproduction Cell membrane Cytoplasm Microtubules Vacuoles
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Difference between plants and animal cells
Plant cell wall made of cellulose Animals have no cell walls Plant cells with chloroplasts, consistent shape of cells, large cells and cell plates Animals have mitochondria , many shapes, smaller , and pinch in half
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Electric potential:
expression of potential energy per unit charge
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Voltage
Electric potential difference between 2 points in a circuit V=E/Q
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Electric charge
Typically only moves from areas of high electric potential to areas of low electrical potential
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What is Charles law
V=kT Volume equals k as a constancy times T in absolute temp in Kelvins
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Decomposition reaction is
When a substance breaks apart to form two more substances AB-> A+B
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Diffraction
Bending of waves around small objects and the spreading out of waves past small openings
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If the opening is narrow, the defraction of light will be …
Greater
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How do you find the frequency of a wavelength
F= speed of light divided by wavelength
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Electromagnetic waves from smallest energy to largest energy
Radio waves Microwaves Infrared radiation Visible light UV radiation X rays Gamma rays
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What is energy
Capacity to do work Measured in joules
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Ideal gas law
PV=nRT Pressure times volume equals number of moles times absolute temperature times universal gas constant
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Inorganic compounds
Lack carbon Geological process Distinction not always clear Ex of inorganic carbon compounds Carbon monoxide Carbon dioxide
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Organic compounds
Natural and synthetic Produced by plants and animals Sugars
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Ionization energy
The amount of energy it takes to remove the first valence electron of an atom
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First law of thermodynamics
Energy is always conserved
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Second law of thermodynamics
A system develops a uniform temperature
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Third law of thermodynamics
Entropy becomes constant as temp approaches zero
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Light
Portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible because of its ability to stimulate the retina
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Reflection
If light is reflected from the surface of the object Angle will stay the same
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Transmission of light
When light transmitted through the object It’s direction may be altered
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Absorption of light
Light that is neither reflected or transmitted will be absorbed
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Lipid
Fats oils or waxed
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Triglycerides
Consists of a glycerol molecule that is blunt to three long chain fatty acids
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Phospholipids
Consists of two fatty acids bound to a phosphate head group
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Steroids
Lipids that are derived from cholesterol
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Waxes
Formed when long chain alcohol binds to a long chain fatty acid
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Ferromagnetic soft and hard material
Soft - respond more and can lose magnetism fast Hard - keep magnetism for long time
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Electromagnetic
Coil wrapped around soft material for on off effect
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Newtons first laws of motion
First- object at rest/motion stays at rest/motion unless acted upon by outside force Greater the mass the greater resistance
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Newton’s second law of motion
Unbalanced force acting upon body will produce a change in that body’s acceleration that is directly proportional to the force applied and inversely proportional to the body’s mass F=ma
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Newton’s third law
Every actin has an equal and opposite reaction
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Law of inertia
Tendency of objects to resist any change in their state of motion
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What’s do the rows and columns tell you in periodic table
Rows/period- putter electrons are in the same energy level Column or group - same number of valence electron in litter shell
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Photosynthesis light
Photons from light provide the energy to split a water molecule
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Photosynthesis dark
Atmospheric CO2 is captured and converted by the reducing equivalence and ATP into sucrose and starch
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What are eukaryotic cells
Plants and animals Larger than prokaryotic Linear double stranded DNA combined with histore and packaged as chromosomes Chromosomes found in nucleus bound by two membranes
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What are prokaryotic cells
Single celled organism such as bacteria Smaller than eukaryotic Lack membrane bound nucleus Single stranded circular DNA free float in cytoplasm
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Radioactivity
The decay of the nucleus of an unstable atom
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Alpha particles
Nucleus if helium atoms High energy Short distances Can’t penetrate paper or skin
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Beta particles
Electrons emitted from nucleus Don’t participate in chemical reactions Not penetrate aluminum foil
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Gamma rays
Electromagnetic waves emitted from the nucleus High energy Can be stopped by lead
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What is the order of planets from closest to the sun to farthest
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
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What is the composition of the sun
70 hydrogen 28 helium 2 various metals
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The surface of the sun is called the
Photosphere
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Where is the chromosphere of the sun
Above the photosphere
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The corona extends how far
Millions of miles into space after chromosphere
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Sunspots
Cool regions on surface of sun
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The heliosphere …
Bubble surrounding the sun Area affected by sun particles Far beyond Pluto
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Differences of state of matter
Solids- volume and density , structural rigidity and shape, resistant to flow Liquid- volume and density, flow readily, does not expand to fill container Gas- will expand to fill container
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The scientific method involved
Question Hypothesis Prediction Test Analysis
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Different types of clouds
Stratus- blanket (warm air over cold) Cumulus- puffy cotton balls (warm air forces up) Cirrus- wispy thin feathery (ice crystals)
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Velocity is
The rate of motion or speed in a specific destination Magnitude and direction V=distance divided by time
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Acceleration is
The chance in velocity of an object acceleration is also a vector Same direction as velocity
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Work
Amount of energy expended in accomplishing a goal W=Fd force time displacement (only if force is same direction ) Joules
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If force and displacement same direction work is
Positive
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If force and displacement have opposite direction work is
Negative
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If work and displacement is perpendicular work is
Zero No work is done