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  • Chapt. 20, Prokaryotes; Chapt. 21 (part: Protists)
  • Chapt. 21, (part: Fungi)
  • Chapt. 22, Plants
  • Chapt. 23 and 24, Animals
  • Chapt. 28, Population Ecology

    Terms and Definitions for Cell Reproduction (Ch. 8 & 9) [*Print Page 1 only*]


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    (Click Here for a printable-page Review Sheet 1).
                           Review Sheet for Lecture Exam #1
                              Biology 1010 -- Bergstrom
    
    
    Concepts to Understand                                                                
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    properties of life (general & specific)       Monophyly, Paraphyly, Polyphyly         
    scientific method                             Ontogeny vs. Phylogeny                  
    philosophy of science; induction, deduction   properties of H2O                                                           
    unifying principles of biology                colloids, solutions, suspensions                                        
    classification systems; K-P-C-O-F-G-S         atomic structure, electron energy 
    dichotomous keys & phylogenetic trees         electronegativity           levels                                               
    history of Darwin's thinking                  chemical bonds (3 types)                                                                                 
    theory of natural selection (4 key points)    acids, bases, salts, pH, buffers                                               
    6 categories of Darwin's Evidence             condensation & hydrolysis reactions                                                  
    Differential Reproduction (Natural            polymerization & digestion              
        Selection); Fitness, Adaptation           structure of organic macromolecules     
    Life-history Components of Fitness            7 functional groups                                       
    Sexual Selection                              4 levels of protein structure                        
    Biogeography (Alfred Russell Wallace)                                                                                             
    Common Ancestry; Shared Derived                                                       
        Character; Clades;                                                                
    Biological Species Concept                                                            
    Homology vs. Analogy                                                                  
    Molecular Clock                                                                       
    Cladistics vs. Phenetics                                                              
    
    
    Specific Terms
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    homeostasis                                   atom, element, molecule                
    metabolism                                    subatomic particle, Periodic Table                                       
    adaptation                                    electron, proton, neutron              
    null hypothesis                               orbital, energy level                  
    independent/dependent variable                ionization                             
    control, replicates                           polar/nonpolar covalent bonds          
    empiricism, deductive reasoning               hydrophilic, hydrophobic               
    Galapagos Islands                             specific heat, vaporization, fusion    
    Essentialism                                  cohesion: surf. tension, capill. action
    binomial nomenclature                         ice lattice, vertical mixing (lakes)   
    homologous/analogous structures               spheres of hydration                   
    morphology, ontogeny, phylogeny               sol, gel, colloid; solution, suspension
    Aristotle, Linnaeus, Lyell, Malthus           phospholipids                                           
     Anaximander, Buffon, Lamarck, Hutton         protein, carbohydrate, lipid,                             
    Gradualism                                      nucleic acid, ATP                    
    Creationism                                   amino acid                             
    Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics       nucleotide                             
    Sedimentation, Uniformitarianism              pentose, mono/di/poly-saccharide                                                
    Convergent Evolution, Ecological Equiv.       glycerol, fatty acid                    
                                                  peptide & disulfide bonds              
    
    


    (Click Here for a printable-page Review Sheet 2).
    
                       REVIEW SHEET FOR SECOND LECTURE EXAM 
                             BIOL 1010 -- BERGSTROM
    
    Concepts to Understand
    
    1. Structure and function of Eukaryotic Cell and Organelles
    
    2. Differences between Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cells
    
    3. Mitosis and the Cell Cycle (CLICK HERE for definitions of terms)
    
    4. Meiosis, recombination, and sexual reproduction:
       - know by definition and diagram all phases; functional differences 
         between Meiosis I and Meiosis II and between Mitosis and Meiosis
       - plant vs. animal life cycles
    
    5. Mendelian genetics and chromosomes: Punnett square problems, expected 
         F2 progeny phenotype ratios, #gamete types, segregation, independent 
         assortment, problems up to tri-hybrid crosses
                                                           
    
    Terms:
    
    Phospholipid Bilayer                          Mitochondrion, ER (rough, smooth),        
    Hydrophilic, hydrophobic                      Golgi, Lysosome, Vacuole/Vesicle,       
    Plasma membrane, Nucleus, other               Ribosomes, Cytoskeleton, Microtubules,  
      Cytomembrane System organelles              Microfilaments, Centrioles, Cilia,      
    Exocytosis, Endocytosis                       Flagella, Plastids (2 types), Cell      
    autotroph, heterotroph                        Wall (2 parts), Plasmodesmata, Middle   
    sol, gel, colloid; solution,                  Lamella, Cellulose, Lignin, Pectin,     
                      suspension                  Actin, Tubulin, Flagellin               
                                            
    
    DNA, nucleoproteins, chromosome               DNA polymerase, replication
    gene, allele, locus                           homologues, synapse, centromere
    chromatid (sister, nonsister)                 crossing over, recombination
    chromatin, nucleoli                           gamete, zygote, syngamy
    interphase (G1, S, G2), prophase,             oogonium, ovum, oocyte, polar body
      metaphase, anaphase, telophase              spermatogonium, spermatocyte,
    mitosis, karyokinesis, cell cycle             chiasmata                spermatid
    meiosis, gametogenesis (spermato-/oo-)        alternation of generations
    cytokinesis, cell furrow, cell plate          sporophyte, gametophyte
    microfilaments, vesicles                      autosome, sex chromosome
    microtubular spindle, centrioles              "Reduction Division"
    haploid, diploid, polyploid                    particulate v. blending inheritance                   
    growth & differentiation 		       test cross, dominant/recessive
    					       homozygote, heterozygote; incomplete domin.
    
    
    
    

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