Unit 1 Flashcards
(39 cards)
Three domains?
Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archaea
Four Kingdoms within Eukarya?
Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, and Protista
Most diverse prokaryotes?
Bacteria
Live in extreme environments?
Archaea
What can populations of organisms do?
Adapt to evolution
What is cell identity?
All the proteins that are produced in the cell
Why are signal transduction pathways important?
This is how cells communicate messages that coordinate GENE EXPRESSION
Where does transcription occur?
Nucleus
Describe the process of translation
The ribosome matches the base sequence of the mRNA sets of 3 bases to the tRNA molecules (anticodon) as it moves along the mRNA molecule
What makes up DNA?
Sugar, Nitrogenous base, and Phosphate group
What is fuel (food) made of?
Energy and atoms
What is a peptide bond made of?
Carbon and Nitrogen
Hadean eon?
4.6-3.6 bya
Archean eon?
3.6-2.5 bya
Proterozoic eon?
2.5-.5 bya
Pharenzoic eon?
.5-present
Mass extinction that killed dinosaurs?
65.5 million years ago
Permian mass extinction
251 million years ago
First animals?
542 million years ago
Big events during Archaean eon? (2 of them)
First evidence of life-prokaryotes and first evidence of lots of oxygen in atmosphere
Big events during Proterozoic eon? (3 of them)
First evidence of complex cells (eukaryotes), multicellular organisms, and first animals
Big events during the Pharenzoic eon? (3 of them)
Invasion of land, mass extinctions, and diversification of mammals
cells cluster temporarily
aggregates
allow for increased SA
fimbrae