Tamu biology - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Linnaeus - Binomial nomenclature Darwin - Fossils, strata Cuvier - catastrophic events caused extinction Hutton and Lyell - Gradualism, earth is OLD Lamarck - Use it or lose it, we get bigger and better, Adaptations - Inherited characteristics that enhance survival and reproduction Descent with Modification - Common ancestor (unity in life) aka evolution

Phylum Porifera - No true tissues Asymmetrical symmetry Taxa: -Silicea (glass sponges) -Calcarea (rest of sponges) Osculum - Water exit in sponges Spicules - -Skeletal components of sponges made of silica, calcite or spongin -Produced by amoebocytes Choanocytes - Spong's filter-feeding cells

TAMU Biology 111 final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Reasons why cells divide - Answer- -growth -cell and tissue repair -maintenance -reproduction When does DNA replication occur - Answer- before cell division Prokaryotes accomplish cell division through - Answer- binary fission + cytokinesis Eukaryotes accomplish cell division through - Answer- mitosis + cytokinesis Binary fission - Answer- asexual reproduction by separation of cell into new cells Steps for binary fission - Ans...

TAMU Biology Lab practical review Questions and Answers 100% Pass functional group - Answer- components of a biochemical molecule, identifies the type of biomolecule hydroxyl group - Answer- a functional group found in alcohols and sugars, polar, OH carbonyl group - Answer- found in carbohydrates, two types terminal aldehyde and an internal ketone one or the other on every monosaccharide carboxyl - Answer- found in fatty acids and amino acids, acidic, double bond between carbon and oxyg...

TAMU Biology 113 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Taxonomy - Answer- naming and classifying organisms systematics - Answer- study of biological diversity on earth Taxonomy is part of this. most general to most specific domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species - Answer- Taxonomic hierchy of classification Genus + species - Answer- scientific name (scientific nomenclature) Ex. Lupinus texensis upper case (scientific name) - Answer- Genus lower case (sci...

TAMU Biology Lab practical review Questions and Answers 100% Pass functional group - Answer- components of a biochemical molecule, identifies the type of biomolecule hydroxyl group - Answer- a functional group found in alcohols and sugars, polar, OH carbonyl group - Answer- found in carbohydrates, two types terminal aldehyde and an internal ketone one or the other on every monosaccharide carboxyl - Answer- found in fatty acids and amino acids, acidic, double bond between carbon and oxyg...

TAMU BIOLOGY 112 EXAM #3 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Select the TRUE statement about animal development: A.) Deuterostome development is indeterminate. B.) Mesoderm in protostomes arises as outpocketings of the primitive gut. C.) Radial cleavage is characteristic of protostome development. D) In deuterostomes, the blastopore ultimately becomes the mouth of the adult. E) All of the above are true. - Answer- Deuterostome development is indeterminate. During embryogenesis of diploblasti...

TAMU Biology 113 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Taxonomy - Answer- naming and classifying organisms systematics - Answer- study of biological diversity on earth Taxonomy is part of this. most general to most specific domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species - Answer- Taxonomic hierchy of classification Genus + species - Answer- scientific name (scientific nomenclature) Ex. Lupinus texensis upper case (scientific name) - Answer- Genus lower case (sci...

TAMU Biology 112 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Linnaeus - Answer- Binomial nomenclature Darwin - Answer- Fossils, strata Cuvier - Answer- catastrophic events caused extinction Hutton and Lyell - Answer- Gradualism, earth is OLD Lamarck - Answer- Use it or lose it, we get bigger and better, Adaptations - Answer- Inherited characteristics that enhance survival and reproduction Descent with Modification - Answer- Common ancestor (unity in life) aka evolution Alfred Wallace - A...

TAMU Biology 111 final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Reasons why cells divide - Answer- -growth -cell and tissue repair -maintenance -reproduction When does DNA replication occur - Answer- before cell division Prokaryotes accomplish cell division through - Answer- binary fission + cytokinesis Eukaryotes accomplish cell division through - Answer- mitosis + cytokinesis Binary fission - Answer- asexual reproduction by separation of cell into new cells Steps for binary fission - Ans...