Test 1 Flashcards

(29 cards)

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Eukaryotic Cells

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Subdivided into various membrane enclosed organelles

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Prokaryotic Cells

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Lack membrane-enclosed organelles

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3
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Reductionalism

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sometimes reducing complex systems to simpler compounds makes them easier to study

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4
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Lifes 3 Domains

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Bacteria Archaea Eukarya

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5
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Bacteria

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most diverse and widespread prokaryotes

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Archaea

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prokaryotes, often live in Earth’s extreme environments

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7
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Eukarya

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Protists Plantae Fungi Animalia

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Protists

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unicellular and simple mulitcellular relatives

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Plantae

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multicelluar, carry out photosynthesis

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10
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Fungi

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defined by nutritional mode, absorb decomposing matter

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Animalia

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multicellular organisms that ingest other organisms

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12
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Elements that make up 96% of living matter

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Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen Nitrogen

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13
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Isotope

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Differ in the number of neutrons in the nucleus (same number of protons)

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14
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Radioactive Isotope

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Spontaneously give off particles and energy

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15
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Weak Chemical Bonds

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WEAK CHEMICAL BONDS ARE INVALUABLE IN BIOLOGY -reinforce the shapes of large molecules -help molecules adhere to each other

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16
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At 37 Degrees C (human body temp) what happens to water molecules

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about 15% are bonded to 4 partners bonds are short lived and re-establish constantly

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4 emergent properties of water contribute to Earth’s fitness for life

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cohesion moderation of temperature expansion upon freezing versatility as a solvent

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Floating ice

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-ice is less dense than water -transition occurs at 4 C -10% less dense -acts as insulator-if ice sank to the bottom, all water on Earth would eventually freeze

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Hydrogen Bonds in Ice

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are more “ordered than in liquid water, making it less dense

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Water and salts

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-water easily dissolves salts -the different regions of polar water molecule interact w/ ionic compounds and dissolve them

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Dissociation of H20

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Water can dissociate into hydronium ions and hydroxide ions changes in the concentration of these ions can have a great affect on living organisms

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Acid

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increases the hydrogen concentration of a solution (H+)

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Base

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Reduces the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution (by adding OH-)

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Vitalism

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-organic compounds only arise within living organisms -was disproved when chemists synthesized the compounds in lab

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Carbon chains
Form the skeletons of most organic molecules vary in length and shape (length, branching, double bonds, rings)
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Hydrocarbons
-molecules consisting of only carbon and hydrogen -fuels (gasoline etc) -are found in many of a cell's organic molecules
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Isomers
molecules with the same molecular formula but different structures and properties
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Three types of isomers
Structural Geometric Enantiomers
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