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1
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Describe an ecological pyramid and the significance of each level.
Ecological pyramid

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  • Tertiary consumers – top carnivores .1 % energy
  • Secondary Consumers – Eats primary consumers 1% energy
  • Primary Consumers – Eats producers 10% energy
  • Producers – Photosynthesis 100% energy
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Why are top carnivores (top trophic level) relatively rare in number?

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  • As each member of the “fuel chain” does its part ehre is less energy available to do work within the living organisms, each chain only gets 10% energy from the previous chain, by the time it gets to top thropic level, only .1% energy is consumed.
3
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The ultimate source of energy in most ecosystems is the __________

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  • sun
4
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What is the capacity to do work, which can only change form

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  • energy
5
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All of the physical characteristics and living organisms which occur in a specific place is called?

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  • ecosystem
6
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The part of the earth (air, land and water) consisting of living organisms?

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  • environment
7
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The organisms which eat the photosynthetic organisms are called?

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  • consumers
8
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The herbivores form what part of a food chain?

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  • Primary Consumers
9
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What role do carnivores play in food chains?

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  • Consumers use the energy and nutrients stored in the tissues of their food
10
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How does energy and nutrients move through ecosystems?

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  • Energy flows through an organism as it ingests food, and then digests the food to release energy to do work
  • As organism release energy to do work, most of the energy is lost in the form of heat, because the energy conversion process is not very efficient
  • 2 laws of thermodynamics
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How much energy is transferred from trophic level to trophic level?

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  • 10%
12
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What role do decomposers play in ecosystems?

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  • The decay and breakdown of previously living organisms releases nutrients back into the soil (or water) where the plants (or other producers) may use them
13
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Describe the three Domains of living organisms

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-	Archaea
o	Bacteria like single cells
-	Eubacteria
o	Simple cells; single cells
o	prokaryotes
-	Eucarya
o	Eukaryotes
o	Fungus, protists, animals, plants
o	Single and multi cellular cells
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  • Bacteria
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o	Single cells
o	Prokaryotic
o	Live everywhere, in everything
o	Diverse ways of living
o	Necessary for all other things to live
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  • Archaea
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o Bacteria like single cells

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  • Protists
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o Single and multi cells
o Eukaryotes
o Highy diverse (many different kinds)
o Precursor to other eukaryotes

17
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  • Fungi
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o	Single and Multi-cells
o	Parasites: cause disease
o	Prokaryotes
o	Absorb nutrients from environment
o	Food for many animals
o	Necessary recyclers
o	Saprobes eats detritus – Detritivores
o	Mushroom, earthworm
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  • Plants
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o	Autotrophs – photosynthetic
o	Eukaryotes
o	Multi-cellular
o	Green
o	Not all produce flowers; most live on land
19
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  • Animals
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o Multi-cellular
o Consumers – Heterotrophs
o Eukaryotes
o Diverse forms, life styles, habitats

20
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Describe the use of scientific names : Genus, species

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  • Latinized names used by all scientists of all language
  • Genus – capitalize always, species not
  • Groups of living things that have common characteristics are grouped and named together
21
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Describe the basic components of matter

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  • Element

o The basic building block of matter

22
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Describe the basic structure of the atom

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  • Made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons
  • Proton and neutrons makes up the mass of an atom and is within a nucleus covered by orbital shells
  • Electrons or orbital shells surrounds nucleus
  • Electrons = protons
  • Atomic weight (top left) = neutrons + protons
  • Atomic number = protons
  • Protons + charge
  • Neutrons No charge
  • Electrons – charge
23
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Describe the difference between atoms, molecules, compounds and elements

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  • Atoms are building blocks or elements
  • Element is a single kind of atom
  • Molecules are atoms bound to each other
    o Still an element if both atoms are the same
    o Compound elements consists of different kind of atoms
24
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The structure and parts of the Bohr model of the atom

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  • Proton + Neutron inside a nucleus surrounded by electrons/orbital shells
  • 2 protons first outer ring, 8 next outer rin
25
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Describe the five characteristics shared by all living things ?

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	Organized
	Metabolize
	Homeostasis
	Grow and reproduce
	Pass o inheritable traits
	Composed of cells
26
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Atom

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– basic building block of matter

- the smallest constituent unit of ordinary matter that has the properties of a chemical element

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electron

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– Negative charge subatomic particle

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proton

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  • Positive charge subatomic particle
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neutron

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– no charge subatomic particle

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Molecule

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– two or more atoms held together by covalent bond

  • element if same atoms
  • compound if different atoms
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hydrophilic

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– love of water; soluble in water

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hydrophobic

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– fear of water; do not dissolve in water

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atomic number

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– The number of protons in each atom of a particular element

34
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polar

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  • a molecule containing polar covalent bonds and having an unequal distribution of charges
35
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non-polar

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  • a covalent bond in which electrons are shared equally between two atoms of similar electronegativity
36
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ion

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  • an atom or group of atoms that has gained or lost one or more electrons, thus acquiring a charge
37
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pH

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– measure of the relative acidity of a solution

  • 0 more acidic, 14 more basic
  • Potential hydrogen – more acidic
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orbital

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  • surrounding nucleus, containing electrons
39
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polymer

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  • a large molecule consisting of many identical or similar monomers linked together by covalent bonds
40
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monomer

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  • the subunit that serves as a building block of a polymer
41
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element

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  • the substance that cannot be broken down to other substances by chemical means
42
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compound

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  • substance containing two or more elements in a fixed ratio
43
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The nature of chemical bonding:

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Ionic bond
covalent bond
hydrogen bond

44
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Ionic bond

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  • A chemical bond resulting from the attraction between oppositely charged ions
45
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Covalent bond

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  • two atoms share one or more pairs of outer-shell electrons
46
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Hydrogen bond

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  • type of weak chemical bond formed when the partially positive hydrogen atom participating in a polar covalent bond in one molecule is attracted to the partially negative atom participating in a polar covalent bond in another molecule
  • Charge attraction
47
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The special properties of water and the reason for them.

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  • Polar nature of water

- Water ionization H-O-H  H+ + OH-

48
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The properties of acids and bases and the significance of pH.

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  • Acid – Increasing concentration of Hydrogen Ions in a solution H+
  • Base – Increasing concentration of Hydroxide Ions in a solution OH-
  • pH changes behavior in things living in that solution
    • all molecules necessary to life stays in neutral
49
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The reason for the nature of carbon-

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All life is base on Carbon
- Basic structure of molecules the way cells function are all base on carbon molecules that are constructed mainly of carbon atom
o Carbons ability to bind with so many types of atoms

50
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  • Organic Chemical
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o All organic chemicals have Carbon and Hydrogen

o All molecule essential to living things are organic

51
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  • Organic chemistry group
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o	Alcohols
o	Aldehyds
o	Ketones
o	Carboxylic acids
o	Amines
o	Sulfhydryl
52
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Alcohols

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  • Hydroxyl Group –OH

- C – OH

53
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Aldehydes

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  • Carbonyl Group

- C = O (double binded slanted top right)(with bind to H slanted bottom)

54
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ketones

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  • Carbonyl group
  • C = O (double binded, middle up top, No bottom H)
  • Don’t like to dissolve in water
55
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carboxylic acids

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  • Carbonyl Group
  • -COOH
  • C=O (C-OH); doubled binded to OH slanted down
  • O- Ionized
  • All organic acid
56
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amines

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  • Amino Group
  • NH2
  • N bounded H slanted right top, H slanted bottom right
  • Ionized = N+ with H H H
  • Organic base
57
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sulfhydryl

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  • C – SH

- Organic sulfur

58
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Carbohydrates

Basic composition :

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CH2O

59
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Carbohydrates

Function

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  • Main source of energy for cells
  • Storage
  • Structure – form part of structure of cells (cell wall plants rigid)
60
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saccharides : mono-, di-, poly-

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  • sugar: one, two, many
  • Mono, di – simple sugar
  • Poly - starch
61
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Lipid

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  • Fatty acid

o – fats, oil, and waxes

62
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Lipid

- Function

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o Storage molecules
o Excess food stored as fat
o Main structural component of cell membranes

63
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  • Saturated Fat
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o Solid at room temperature
o – see print out for structure
o Double bindinded to O with OH and rest H
o No double bind C

64
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  • Unsaturated fat
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o	Mono
	One double bind C
o	Poly
	Two Double Bind C
o	Double binded to carbon is not saturated with hydrogen
65
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Triglyceride composition

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  • Fatty acid-fatty acid – fatty acid } glycerol
  • Glycerol CH2-CH-CH
  • Hydrophobic
66
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Phospholipids (membrane components)

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-	Polar (Hydrophilic) Head
o	N Group
o	Phosphate
o	Glycerol
-	 non polar (Hydrophobic) Tails
o	Long chain
-	Phobic; philis
-	All cells are composed of
67
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Sterols

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  • Cyclic fatty accids

- Cholesterol, steroid hormones

68
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Proteins

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Polymers of amino acids
-	All proteins are polypeptides
o	Not all polypeptides are proteins
-	Proteinsn formed as long strings of amino acids
-	Ameno acid help by peptide
-	Types of proteins
o	Collagen
o	Gelatin
o	Trypsin
o	Pepsin
o	Hemoglobin
69
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  • Amino acid
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o Organic acid
o Same time their acid and bases
 Function as both
o 20 essential amino acid necessary for life
 Each has unique properties; some big; some small
 Some acidic, some base
 One property they all share – amino acid can bind to each other into long long chain.
 Polypeptide
• Peptide bind between amino acid to amino acid
• Long enough to protein
 Infinite chain

70
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o The primary structure of protein are held together by?

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 Held together by peptide bonds

71
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 Secondary Structure of protein

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o String of amino acids folds upon itsef forming 3-D structures

• Held together by hydrogen bonds
 Beta sheets or coil alpha helix
• Some are long enough to do both

72
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 Tertiary structure

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o Interactions between varioius secondary structures reulsts in a globular protein

• Done by disulfide bonds
o Bond between two sulfur atom S-S

73
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 Quarternary structure

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o Accumulations of separate

74
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  • Functions of protein
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o	Structural components
	Hair; fingernail; muscles;
o	Responsible for shape of cells
	Animal not all cells are same
	Determined by proteins inside of cells
	Microscopic too
o	(Enzymes) Responsible for all reactions to what happens inside the cells 
	All enzymes are proteins
•	Not all proteins are enzyme
75
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 Nucleotides

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 simpliest most important
 Polymers of nucleotides

o Nitrogenous base
 6 base structure – pyrimidine

76
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o 5 different types of Nucleotides

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	Adenine A
	Cytorine C
	Guanine G
	Thymine T
	Uracil U
o	each can be different
77
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 Two types of nucleic acids

o Strings of nucleotides

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DNA and RNA

78
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o DNA

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	Constructed of two strands
•	Held together by Hydrogen Bonds between the bases
o	A = T
o	C = G
o	G = C
o	T = A
o	U = 
	Pyrimidine
•	Cytorine
•	Thymine
•	Uracil
	Porine
•	Adenine
•	Guanine
	Plays the role of Containing all the genetic information inside the cell
•	Specific sequence of letter
	Dna turn in into RNA to make do what it does
	Double stranded 
	Uses ATGC as bases
	Always in the nucleus of the cell
79
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o RNA

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	Action molecule turning genetic information into the cell
	Single stranded
	Uses AGCU
•	U substitute T
	Function outside of nucleus
80
Q
  • Another role of nucleotides
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o	Used as energy transfer within biochemical reactions
	ATP
•	Used to move energy around the cell
•	Break one release energy
•	Make one capture a lot of energy
•	Only break the last one off
•	Cycles between Tri or Diphospate
o	Energy release when phosphate breaks
o	Or eat food – store energy in form of ATP
•	TriphospoNucleutides
	Adenosime tri phospate
81
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Metabolism

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  • Totality of organisms chemical reaction

- The process by which an organism gets energy and material in order to grow

82
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Homeostasis

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  • Steady state of body functioning

- A state of equilibrium

83
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Ecology

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  • The scientific study of how organisms interact with their environment
84
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Genus

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= classification, the taxonomic category above species

- The first part a species binomial

85
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Species

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  • Category of specific organism
86
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Taxonomy

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  • Scientific discipline concerned with naming and classifying the diverse forms of life
87
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Prokaryotic

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  • Type of cell lacking a membrane enclosed nucleus and other membrane enclosed organelles;
  • Found only in bacteria and archaea
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Eukaryotic

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  • Type of cell that has a membrane enclosed nucleus and other membrane enclosed organelles
  • All organisms except bacteria and archaea
89
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Photosynthesis

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  • The process by which plants, autotrophic protists, and some bacteria use light energy to make sugars and other organic food molecules from carbon dioxide and water
90
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Respiration

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  • Cellular repiration the aerobic harvesting of energy from food molecules
  • Turning O2 + sugar  CO2 + H2O
  • Trning Energy back to chemical energy
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Autotroph

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  • An organism that makes its own food (often by photosynthesis), thereby sustaining itself without eating other organisms or their molecules
  • Plants, algae, cynobacteria
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Heterotroph

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  • Organism that cannot make its own organic food molecules and must obtain them by consuming other organisms or their organic products
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Decomposers

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  • Prokaryotes and fungi that secrete enzymes that digest nutrients from organic material and convert them into inorganic forms
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polypeptide

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  • A polymer chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds
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protein

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  • Functional biological molecule consisting of one or more polypeptides folded into a specific three-dimensional structure
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peptide

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  • The covalent bond between two amino acid units in a polypeptide
97
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lipid

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  • An organic compound consisting mainly of carbon and hydrogen atoms linked by nonpolar covalent bonds, making the compound mostly hydrophobic
  • Fats, phospholipids, and steroids – insoluble in water
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nucleic acid

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  • A polymer consisting of many nucleotide monomers
  • Serves as a blueprint for proteins
  • Two types of nucleic acids are DNA and RNA
99
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amino acid

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  • An organic molecule containing a carboxyl group and an amino group
  • serves as a the monomer of proteins
100
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triglyceride

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  • A triglyceride is an ester derived from glycerol and three fatty acids. As a blood lipid, it helps enable the bidirectional transference of adipose fat and blood glucose from the liver
101
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phospholipid

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  • A lipid made up of glycerol joined to two fatty acids and a phosphate group, giving the molecule two nonpolar hydrophobic tails and a polar hydrophilic head
  • Form bilayers that function as a biological membranes
102
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The chemical behavior of an atom is determined by which of its parts ?

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electron

103
Q

The atomic number of an atom indicates what ?

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How many protons are in an atom

104
Q

Where are protons found ?

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Inside a nucleus

105
Q

Name and describe the different types of chemical bonds ?

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 Covalent bond – shared
 Ionic bond – exchanged
 Hydrogen bond – charged ions

106
Q

An atom which has gained or lost electrons is called an ?

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ion

107
Q

An acid has a pH of ____ ?

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0

108
Q

What is the name given to the smallest part of a compound which exhibits all the properties of that compound ?

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atom

109
Q

In atoms the electrons occupy regions of space around the nucleus which are called ?

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Orbital shells

110
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Chemical bonds involving ions are called ?

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Hydrogen bond

111
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cellulose

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 Structural polysaccharide of plant cell walls composed of glucose monomers

112
Q

sucrose

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 Table sugar

 Disaccharide of fructose and glucose

113
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lactose

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 Glucose – galactose
o Find in mammalian product
o Milk sugar
o All mammalian milk has lactose

114
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amylose

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	Glucose bound to glucose to glucose chain
	(glucose)n
	Polysaccharide
o	Plant starch
o	Seeds; corn
115
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fructose

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 C6H12O6

 Monosaccharide found in plants; fruit sugar

116
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Maltose

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 maltobiose or malt sugar, is a disaccharide formed from two units of glucose joined with an α bond, formed from a condensation reaction
 C12H22O11

117
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Fatty acids with single bonds are called ?

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Saturated fatty acid

118
Q

Amino acids are linked together with what type of bond ?

A

Peptide bonds

119
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Saccharide molecules are linked together with what type of bond ?

A

Glycosidic linkage

120
Q

Cell membranes are made up of what lipid ?

A

phospholipids

121
Q

Nucleic acids are polymers of what ?

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Nucleotides

122
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Nucleotides are made up of what three sub units ?

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a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphategroup, and a nitrogenous base

123
Q

Proteins serve what function(s) ?

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Structural components
- Hair; fingernail; muscles
Responsible for shape of cells
- Animal not all cells are same

124
Q

What are the two classes of nucleic acids ?

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RNA and DNA