Biology 211 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

All of the following are important functions of proteins, except: Correct Answer-Serves as energy Storage The normal pH range of blood is: Correct Answer-7.35-7.45 Which of the following components is NOT involved in maintaining homeostasis? a. effector b. integration center c. receptor d. catabolism Correct Answer-D. Catabolism Which of the following groupings of the abdomine-pelvic regions is Medial in positions? Correct Answer-hypogastric, umbilical, epigastric Human cells tha...

Biology 211 Exam 4 Lectures 14-19 Review Questions and Answers

What is a fossil? - Answer Any physical trace left by an organism that lived in the past How do fossils form? - Answer Parts of an organism get buried in sediment What are the 4 types of fossils? - Answer Intact, compression, cast, and permineralized What are the 4 limitations of the fossil record? - Answer Habitat, Temporal, Abundance, and Taxonomic/Tissue Bias

What are the key characteristics of plants? - - Composed of one or more eukaryote cell(s) - Cell wall composed of cellulose - Chlorophyll in chloroplast How do plants acquire energy? - By autotrophy (photosynthesis) How do plants acquire nutrients? - Absorbed from the environment (Nitrogen and Phosphorus) How do plants produce ATP? - Aerobic cellular respiration What plant is an exception? Why? - Ghost plants - Lacks chlorophyll, and is parasitic on mycorrhizal fungi that have mut...

ow are taxonomy and phylogeny related? Which is larger - a domain or a phylum? - Answer Evolutionary relationships of a species can be used to build taxonomic groups. The evolutionary history of a species is a phylogeny. Domains are larger than phylums. How do biologists correctly write an organism's genus and species? - Answer Capital lowercase (Italics)

Biology 211 Exam 1 - Iowa State University.

Are energy sources electron donors or acceptors? In aerobic respiration, is oxygen the electron donor or acceptor. Explain. - Energy sources are electron acceptors. Anaerobic respiration is the formation of ATP without oxygen, which is the donor instead of the acceptor. Are science and religion in conflict with one another? What types of questions are answered by each? - No, they are able to explain things to people when one fails to do so. Compare and contrast conjugation, transduction, an...

A ____ is a shared, derived trait that only occurs in a certain _____ group. - Synapomorphy Monophyletic A law is a _____ ______. - Universal relationship According to natural selection, characteristics are ______. Certain characteristics increase ______, the ability to produce offspring. Certain individuals are better ______, hence natural selection. - Heritable Fitness Adapted Archaea is composed of what type of chain and bond? - Isoprene chain Esther bond Are bacteria and archaea un...

What are the 5 fundamental traits of life? With these traits in mind, are viruses alive? What evidence supports your conclusion? - -Energy Use and Metabolism -Cell Theory -Information, Genetics -Replication or reproduction -Biological Evolution -No, viruses are not alive because they do not have cells. How do hypotheses and theories differ? What do scientists mean by "theory" and does this mean the same thing as "in theory" that non-scientists may say in conversation? Explain. - A hy...

A Bacteria cell gives rise to 2 genectically identical daughter cells by what process - Binary Fission All zygotes are - diploid Products of mitosis are - 2 genetically identical nuclei Replication of DNA occurs during what phase of the cell cycle - S phase Mature nerve cells which are incapable of cell divison are in what stage - G 1 How does a nucleus in G 1 stage differ from the one in G2 stage - G 2 has twice the amount of DNA than G 1 The molecules that make up chromosome ...