Biology 107 Reviews

 

 

Biological Chemistry and Cell Review

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  1. Give an example of a synthesis.
  2. Give an example of a decomposition.
  3. Give an example of an exchange.
  4. Give an example of a rearrangement.
  5. What is the realm of science and where does it not belong?
  6. What are the steps of the scientific method?
  7. What is the smallest particle in an atom?
  8. Define an ionic compound.
  9. Define a hydrogen bond.
  10. What is the difference between diffusion, facilitated diffusion and active transport?
  11. What does active transport require that osmosis does not?
  12. What is the major objective of science?
  13. What is a buffer?
  14. In the structure of a stick model of a molecule, what does the "line" represent?
  15. What do organic compounds have in common?
  16. What is an experimental control?
  17. Be able to recognize the graphical representations of the major organic compounds.
  18. What is a nucleotide composed of?
  19. In the formula where a "P" has a circle around it, what does it indicate?
  20. Name the four nitrogen bases associated with RNA.
  21. Name the four nitrogen bases associated with DNA.
  22. What are the base pairings between adenine, guanine, thymine and cytosine?
  23. Where in the cell would find DNA and RNA?
  24. Name the sugars associated with RNA and DNA.
  25. What kind of chemical bond maintains rung structures in DNA?
  26. What kind of chemical bond maintains primary structure of proteins?
  27. What kind of chemical bond maintain the secondary and tertiary structures of proteins?
  28. Name an example of a monosaccharide, a disaccharide and a polysaccharide.
  29. Recognize ATP and the role it plays in the cell.
  30. When monomers combine, what kind of reaction is involved?
  31. When polymers are broken down, what kind of reaction is involved?
  32. The "R" group indicated in amino acids and fatty acids indicates what?
  33. How many naturally occurring amino acids are there?
  34. Name the two components of a lipid?
  35. A unit of pH change actually indicates a change of what in Hydrogen ion concentration?
  36. How does a Phospholipid differ from a normal lipid?
  37. What makes one fat saturated and another unsaturated?
  38. What determines the state of a lipid (an oil, wax, lard or fat)?
  39. What is the role a catalyst in a chemical reaction?
  40. What are the formulae for a carboxyl, amine group and hydroxyl group?
  41. What in an atom determines the kind of element?
  42. How would you determine the electron number if your were given mass and neutron number?
  43. What determines the chemical reactivity of an element?
  44. How would you determine the electron distribution in a atom?
  45. How is the atomic number of an element determined?
  46. What is the special bond called which connects amino acids together?
  47. Recognize the chemical symbols for carbon, iron, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, potassium and sodium.
  48. The transport of water across a cell membrane is called what?
  49. What is a microfibril?
  50. What is the middle lamella?
  51. What is the function of the endoplasmic reticulum?
  52. What organic compounds are represented by enzymes?
  53. What are the granulations in a granulated endoplasmic reticulum?
  54. Why is a carbon important in the formation of organic compounds?
  55. What is the function of the mitochondria?
  56. What is the function of the microtubules within a cell?
  57. What is the cell theory?
  58. What is the function of the flagellum?
  59. What is the function of plastids?
  60. What is(are) the function(s) of the Golgi bodies?
  61. What is the function of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum?
  62. What is the function of the lysosome?
  63. What are the functions of the nucleolus?
  64. What is the function of the vacuole?
  65. What functions are accomplished by the cell membrane?
  66. What is the role of the centrioles?
  67. What is a Leucoplast?
  68. What is a ribosome and where is it manufactured?
  69. What is the difference between isotonic, hypotonic and hypertonic?
  70. What is an isotope?
  71. What organelles pass through the nuclear pores?
  72. What is the difference between active transport and passive diffusion?
  73. What structures in the cell membrane allow for cell recognition?
  74. Through what substructures do the water molecules pass?
  75. What part of the cell membrane contains an electrical charge?
  76. What organelles are only found in plants?
  77. What organelles are found just in animals?
  78. In photosynthesis, where does the light reaction take place?
  79. In photosynthesis, where does the dark reaction take place?
  80. Be able to recognize all chemical diagrams and be able to label them.
  81. What makes up an atom?
  82. How do enzymes work?
  83. What is a peptide bond?