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Intro to BIO
Exam #2 chap 4-7
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/12/2012

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LAST HALF OF CHAPTER 4:

 Which organelles make up the end membrane system?

Definition
ER (smooth and rough), Golgi, lysosomes, vacuoles, ribosomes? 
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What are the functions of the ER
Definition
is one of the main manufacturing facilities in a cell.
Produces an enormous variety of molecules
Is composed of smooth and rough ER
Term

  rough ER:

Definition
is due to ribosomes that stud the outside of the ER membrane
Term
smooth ER:
Definition
Lacks surface ribosomes
Produces lipids, including steroids
Helps liver cells detoxify circulating drugs
Term

 what is function of Golgi:

Definition
Works in partnership with the ER
Receives, refines, stores, and distributes chemical products of the cell
Term

 

 

What is the Function of lysosome:
 

 

 

 

Definition

-is a sac of digestive enzymes found in animal cells

ProteinsPolysaccharidesFats
Nucleic acids
 
 

 

 

 

Term
vacuoles.
Definition

are membranous sacs that bud from the

ER

Golgi

Plasma membrane
Term
Ribosome’s:
Definition

        They are responsible for protein synthesis.

 

 

       _____________ components are made in the nucleolus but assembled in the cytoplasm.

Term
What are the functions of chloroplasts:
Definition
Most of the living world runs on the energy provided by photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis is the conversion of light energy from the sun to the chemical energy of sugar.
 are the organelles that perform photosynthesis.
Term
What are the functions of  mitochondria? 
Definition
are the sites of cellular respiration, which produce ATP from the energy of food molecules.
are found in almost all eukaryotic cells.
Term
What are the structures within chloroplasts and mitochondria?
Definition
An envelope of two membranes encloses the mitochondrion. These consist ofAn outer smooth membrane An inner membrane that has n umerous infoldings called cristae.                                     
The space between the two membranesThe stroma, a thick fluid within the chloroplastThe space within grana
, the structures that trap light energy and convert it to chemical energy
 
 
 
Term

      Know similarities and differencesChloraplast and Mitochondrion  .

 

Definition

Light Energy= or photosynthisis

to Chemical Energy Food.

To

OR

Cellular Respiration to

(ATP)

 

CELLULAR

 

RESPIRATION

 

 

CELLULAR

 

RESPIRATION

 

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What is the function of the cytoskeleton? 
Definition
The ------------is a network of fibers extending throughout the cytoplasm.
Provides mechanical support to the cell 
Maintains its shape
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 What are microtubules?
Definition
Are straight and hollow
Guide the movement of organelles and chromosomes
Intermediate filaments and microfilaments are thinner and solid.
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  What are the functions of cilia? 
Definition
---------- move in a coordinated back-and-forth motion.
--------- and flagella have the same basic architecture.

- ---------- lining the respiratory tract

---------help sweep mucus out of the lungs.

Term
  What are the functions of flagella?
Definition
-----------propel the cell in a whiplike motion.
a) Flagellum of a human sperm cell
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CHAPTER 5:

What is energy? 

Definition
--------- makes the world go around.
But what is ----------?

----------is defined as the capacity to perform work

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potential energy? 
Definition
is stored energy.
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 Kinetic energy? 
Definition
 -is the energy of motion.
Term
Chemical energy? 
Definition
Molecules store varying amounts of potential energy in the arrangement of their atoms.
Term
Entropy? 
Definition
-----------as a measure of disorder, or randomness.
All energy conversions increase the ----------of the universe.
Term
Heat? 
Definition
–a Type of kinetic energy
Product of all energy conversions
Term
What does the principle of conservation of energy state?
Definition
Machines and organisms can transform kinetic energy to potential energy and vice versa.
In all such energy transformations, total energy is conserved.
Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
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What are calories? 
Definition
A ___________is the amount of energy that raises the temperature of   one gram of water by 1 degree Celsius.
Term

      do we report calories or kilocalories?

Definition
Food Calories are _________, equal to 1,000 calories.
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What is the general structure of ATP? 
Definition
______(adenosine triphosphate)
Consists of adenosine plus a tail of three phosphate groups
Is broken down to ______ and a phosphate group, releasing energy
Term
How does ATP drive work in cells? 
Definition
Acts like an energy shuttle
Stores energy obtained from food
Releases it later as needed
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Why do animals require ATP? 
Definition
require a continual supply of energy in order to function or live.
Term
What is the ATP cycle?
Definition
Cellular work spends ATP.
ATP is recycled from ADP and a phosphate group through cellular respiration.
A working muscle cell spends and recycles about 10 million ATP molecules per second.
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What is an enzyme?
Definition
Metabolism is the total of all chemical reactions in an organism.
Most metabolic reactions require the assistance of ________, proteins that speed up chemical reactions.
Enzymes can function over and over again, a key characteristic of _________.
Term
What is activation energy?
Definition
Activates the reactants
Triggers a chemical reaction
Enzymes lower the activation energy for chemical reactions.
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What does induced fit mean?
Definition
Every enzyme is very selective, catalyzing a specific reaction.
Each enzyme recognizes a substrate, a specific reactant molecule.
The active site fits to the substrate, and the enzyme changes shape slightly.
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What are enzyme inhibitors? 

list all of them

Definition
__________can prevent metabolic reactions by binding to the active site. Bind at a remote siteChange the enzyme’s shapePrevent the enzyme from binding to its substrateThis is called feedback regulation. - It prevents the cell from wasting resources.-Many antibiotics work by inhibiting enzymes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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What are the functions of membrane proteins?

Definition
Working cells must control the flow of materials to and from the environment.
Transport proteins
Are located in membranes
Regulate the passage of materials into and out of the cell
Term
What is passive transport? 
Definition
____________is the diffusion of a substance across a membrane without the input of energy.
Term
Diffusion? 
Definition
___________ is the tendency for molecules of any substance to spread out into the available space.___________is an example of passive transport-Substances diffuse down their concentration gradient, a region in which the substance’s density changes.
 
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Osmosis? 
Definition
The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane is __________.
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Active transport 
Definition
 requires energy to move molecules across a membrane.
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  What is a concentration gradient?
Definition
a region in which the substance’s density changes.
Term
Facilitated diffusion? 
Definition
Some substances do not cross membranes spontaneously  Specific transport proteins act as selective corridors.-
No energy input is needed.
 
 
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 hypertonic  solutions. 
Definition
solution has a higher concentration of solute.
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An isotonic solution

 

Definition
has an equal concentration of solute.
Term

 

     When will animal cells swell and shrivel? 

 

Definition

Hypertonic

solution

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 describe exocytosis
Definition
is the secretion of large molecules within vesicles.
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describe endocytosis. 
Definition
takes material into a cell within vesicles that bud inward from the plasma membrane.
Term
What are phagocytosis
Definition

(“cellular eating”); a cell engulfs a particle and packages it within a food vacuole

1 of 3 types of endocytosis:

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Pinocytosis
 
Definition

(“cellular drinking”); a cell “gulps” droplets of fluid by forming tiny vesicles

 

1 of 3 types of endocytosis:

 

 

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Receptor
Definition

-mediated endocytosis; a cell takes in very specific molecules

 

1 of 3 types of endocytosis:

 

 

 

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What are signal transduction pathways? 

1.      Why would they be useful?

Definition
Relay the signal
Convert it to chemical forms that can function within the cell
The plasma membrane helps convey signals between
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Chapter 6 -Differences between heterotrophs and autotrophs? 

Definition
Autotrophs are producers because ecosystems depend upon them for food.
Heterotrophs are consumers because they eat plants or other animals.
Term
What is the overall equation for cellular respiration? 
Definition
6 CO2 + 6 H2O → C6H12O6 + 6 O2
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How are cellular respiration and photosynthesis related? 
Definition
Animals perform only cellular respiration.
Plants perform:
Photosynthesis and
Cellular respiration
Term
How is breathing related to cellular respiration? 
Definition
___________requires a cell to exchange gases with its surroundings.
Cells take in oxygen gas.
Cells release waste carbon dioxide gas.
Breathing exchanges these same gases between the blood and outside air.
Term

   Define aerobic and anaerobic?

Definition

__________-Lacking or not requiring molecular Oxgen

    __________-Contaning or requiring Molecular Oxegen.

Term
What are redox reactions? 
Definition
Chemical reactions that transfer electrons from one substance to another are called:
Oxidation-reduction reactions or
 
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  What occurs in a reduction reaction? 
Definition
The acceptance of electrons during a redox reaction is called __________.
Term
Oxidation reaction? 
Definition
The loss of electrons during a redox reaction is called _________
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Which molecules are oxidized and which are reduced in cellular respiration? 
Definition
During cellular respiration glucose is oxidized while oxygen is reduced.
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What are the three phases of cellular respiration? 
Definition
Glycolysis
The citric acid cycle
Electron transport
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What goes into glycolysis? 
Definition
A 6-carbon glucose molecule is split in half to form two molecules of pyruvic acid.
 
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 What comes out?  Where does glycolysis occur? 
Definition

Glucose comes out.

_______ occurs in the Cytoplasm

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How many molecules of ATP are produced in glycolysis? 
Definition
__________,a net of two molecules of ATP per glucose molecule.
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What is the citric acid cycle? 
Definition
The ___________completes the breakdown of sugar.
Term

What goes in? 

What comes out?  

Where does the citric acid cycle occur? 

Definition

-Pyruvic Acid goes in

-Aceytle COA

-Mitchocondrion

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How many ATP are produced in the citric acid cycle? 
Definition

3 ___

 

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Be able to list the basic steps in the electron transport chain. 
Definition
The chain functions as a chemical machine that uses energy released by the “fall” of electrons to pump hydrogen ions across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
These ions store potential energy.
Term
How many ATP are produced in the ETC (know the values given in the text)? 
Definition
Cellular respiration can generate up to 38 molecules of ATP per molecule of glucose.
Term

What is the final electron acceptor? 

      Where does the ETC occur?

 

Definition

-ATP synthase

 

-Mitchocondrion

Term
Which molecules are the sources of electrons for the ETC?
Definition
hydrogen ions
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What is fermentation? 
Definition
__________is the anaerobic (without oxygen) harvest of food energy.
Term
When does fermentation occur? 
Definition
After functioning anaerobically for about 15 seconds:
Muscle cells will begin to generate ATP by the process of __________.
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What are the byproducts
Definition
In human muscle cells, lactic acid is a____________.
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Why do your muscles burn after exercise?
Definition
Becous your muscles start to work under anarobic conditons meaning spending ATP at a rate wich outpaces your blood stream delivery of O2
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How are bread and beer made?

 

Definition
alcoholic fermentation, is used to produce:
Beer
Wine
Breads
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Chapter 7

What is photosynthesis?

 

Definition
•Tranforms light energy into chemical energy produced via ___________is stored in the bonds of sugar molecules.
Term
Where does photosynthesis take place? 
Definition
Chloroplasts:
Term
stroma
Definition

which are suspended in a thick fluid,

called _____.

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stomata
Definition
__________are tiny pores in leaves where carbon dioxide enters and oxygen exits.
Term
 thylakoids
Definition

Inside chloroplasts are membranous sacs called

________.

Term
grana.
Definition
Thylakoids are concentrated in stacks called ________.
Term
chlorophyll
Definition
The green color of chloroplasts is from __________,
a light-absorbing pigment.
Term

  What are the light reactions and the Calvin cycle? 

Definition
ATP and NADPH
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Chloroplast Pigments
Definition

Chlorophyll a:Absorbs mostly blue-violet and red light

Participates directly in the light reactions

       

       Chlorophyll b:Absorbs mostly blue and orange light

                     –Participates indirectly in the light reactions

 

Term
Describe the nature of sunlight.
Definition
_______is a type of energy called radiation, or electromagnetic energy.
The full range of radiation is called the electromagnetic spectrum.
Term
  What are photons? 
Definition
a fixed qaunity of light energy,
Term

How do light reactions generate ATP and NADPH?   

 

Definition
Two types of photosystems cooperate in the light reactions:
The water-splitting photosystem
The NADPH-producing photosystem
Occur in the thylakoid membrane
Term

      What are electron acceptors?

Definition
Traps the light exsited electron from cloraphyl a in the reaction center
Term

What goes into the Calvin cycle?

  What comes out? 

Definition

In-CO2 from air

 

                     Out-G3P sugar

 

Term
C3 Plant
Definition

Use CO2 directly from the air à produce a 3 carbon compound. Very common and widely distributed. They require more water. More than 95% of all earth’s plants

 

Examples: Kentucky Blue Grass, Wheat, Oats, Oaks, Tomato, Potato

Term
C4 Plants
Definition
: produce a 4 carbon compound. They like hot temperatures. They can close the stomata and continue photosynthesizing
Examples:Sugarcane, Crabgrass, Corn, Panic liverseed grass, Sorghum, Hydrilla (aquatic)
 
Term
CAM plants
Definition
Dessert Plants•are extremely well adapted to high temperatures and low water.They open their stomata at night to conserve water.
Examples: Pineapple, Orchids, Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe

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Chapter 8

What does cell reproduction accomplish? 

Definition
May result in the birth of new organisms
More commonly involves the production of new cells
Term
What are chromosomes?
Definition
the structures that contain most of the organism’s DNA.
Term
asexual reproduction? 
Definition
Single-celled organisms reproduce by simple cell division
There is no fertilization of an egg by a sperm
Term
sexual reproduction? 
Definition
requires fertilization of an egg by a sperm using a special type of cell division called meiosis.
Thus, _____________organisms use:
Meiosis for reproduction
Mitosis for growth and maintenance
Term
What is the end result of mitosis? 
Definition
_________ for growth and maintenance
Meiosis for reproduction
Term

      How many chromosomes do humans have?

Definition
-__________have 46 _________
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What are histones, nucleosomes, ?

Definition

_____________-are proteins used to package DNA in eukaryotes.

 

____________-consist of DNA wound around histone molecules.

Term
What are sister chromatids, centromeres?
Definition

_____________-Before a cell divides, it duplicates all of its chromosomes, resulting in two copies called

 

        ____________-Sister chromatids are joined together at a narrow “waist” called the

Term

   Describe the phases of the cell cycle. 

Definition

interphase-a cell Performs its normal functions

Doubles everything in its cytoplasm

Grows in size

mitotic (M) phase-includes two overlapping processes:

Mitosis, in which the nucleus and its contents divide evenly into two daughter nucleiCytokinesis, in which the cytoplasm is divided in two

 

 

 

Term
What are the phases of mitosis? 
Definition
Prophase-Early mitotic spindle,Centrosome,Centromere,
Metaphase- Spindle
Anaphase- Daughter

chromosomes

Telophase-Nuclear envelope forming - Cleavage furrow
Term
How does cancer occur? 
Definition
____________ is a disease of the cell cycle.___________ cells can form tumors, abnormally growing masses of body cells.The spread of __________cells beyond their original site of origin
 
Term
Malignant tumors
Definition
Spread to other parts of the body
Interrupt normal body functions
Term
What does metastasis mean? 
Definition
The spread of cancer cells beyond their original site of origin is _________.
Term

 

     How can cancer be prevented and how is it treated?

 

  

 

Definition
PreventionNot smokingExercising adequatelyAvoiding exposure to the sun Eating a high-fiber, low-fat dietPerforming self-examsRegularly visiting a doctor to identify tumors early
TreatmentsRadiation therapy, which damages DNA and disrupts cell division Chemotherapy, which uses drugs that disrupt cell division
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