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Biology 101 Review Essay

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Bio 101 Review Sheet
Test #1 (Chapters 1-3)

Chapter 1 1. Cell is basic unit of life 2. Hierarchy of life figure 3. 3 Energy categories and examples of each
Producer-plants and some microbes
Consumer-humans and other animals
Decomposer-fungi and other animals 4. Energy transfers are not 100% efficient – why? Cant capture all of the energy supplied by one source a. Where does all energy for biology come from? sun 5. Homeostasis- state of internal consistency or equilibrium 6. 2 types of reproduction asexual and sexual b. Benefits to sexual reproduction benefit of tremendous variation 7. Adaptation inherited characteristics or behaviors that enables an organism to survive and reproduce …show more content…

Solute, solvent, solution interactions
Solvent-a chemical in which other substances dissolve
Solution-1 or more solutes dissolved in liquid solvent 15. Hydrophobic vs. hydrophilic molecules
Hydrophobic-water fearing
Hydrophilic-water loving 16. Reactants and products in chemical reactions
Reactants-starting materials
Products-resulting materials 17. Difference between acid and base
Acid-adds H+ to the solution
Base-more OH- than H+ 18. pH scale –which is acid vs. base
Acid-less than pH 7
Base-greater than pH 7 19. 4 types of biological molecules – what is monomer for each one
Carbs, lipid, proteins, nucleic acid 20. 4 types of polysaccharide and what they do
Cellulose-plant cell walls
Chitin-exoskeleton of insects, cell walls of fungi
Starch-plant energy storage
Glycogen-animal and fungi energy storage 21. Difference between trans, unsaturated and saturated fats
Trans-fat cakes created by man
Saturated-have all single bonds between carbons
Unsaturated-have at least 1 double bond between carbons 22. Which type of cholesterol is good vs. bad – HDL, LDL 23. 4 levels of protein structure
Primary, secondary, tertiary, quarternary 24. Ways to denature a protein 25. Major differences between RNA and DNA
DNA-dioxyribose sugar, double helix
RNA-ribose sugar, single stranded
Chapter 3 1. Basic tenets of cell theory
Cell is the fundamental unit of life
All organisms made of one or more cells
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