Bio 150 final exam stuvia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

icthyology - ANSWER what does Dr. Keck study? evolution - ANSWER populations of organisms and their cellular components have changed over time through both selective and non-selective evolutionary processes; major learning objective structure and function - ANSWER all living systems (organisms, ecosystems, etc.) are made of structural components whose arrangement determines the function of the systems; major learning objective information flow and storage - ANSWER information (DNA, for ...

five overarching biological concepts - ANSWER 1. (Evolution): The biodiversity on the plant has grown and changed over time through both selective and random processes. 2. (information flow, exchange, and storage): Information and signals are used and exchanged within and among organisms to direct their functioning. DNA is the instruction code for all life; how it is used and exchanged within and among life forms contributes to biodiversity. 3. (Pathways and Transformations of Energy and Matt...

What organ detoxifies harmful chemicals? - ANSWER Liver The end of a woman's reproductive life? - ANSWER Menopause Is genital herpes bacterial or viral? - ANSWER Viral What do mammary glands produce before lactation? - ANSWER Colustrum Female Gonads? - ANSWER Ovaries OverNutrition - ANSWER Gluttony Location of sperm cell production? - ANSWER Seminiferous tubules What do the prostate & Cowpers glands do? - ANSWER Add fluid to sperm The technical name for a fertilized egg?...

What is the difference between a hydrogen ion and a proton? - ANSWER Hydrogen ions are identical to a proton The pH of a solution is defined as the negative log of the concentration of hydrogen ions. If you are 2 beakers, each containing 100 mL of solvent, which of the two beakers would have the lowest pH? - ANSWER Beaker 1 which contains 10^-3 moles of protons Chemical bonds can be broken by heat energy. Which bonds/interactions require the most energy to break? - ANSWER Covalent bonds ...

IS Eucarya more more closesly related to Archae or Bacteria? - ANSWER Archae Phylogenetic Tree of Life Age of oldest prokaryote fossil - ANSWER 3.5 billion years Age of oldest eukaryote fossil - ANSWER 2 billion years How many species of bacteria and archae have been named and described? How many do we think there are? - ANSWER 5000 species named estimated millions Metagenomic analysis process - ANSWER 1. collect samples from an environment containing a mixed community of u...

A homochiral polymeric molecule, such as today's known proteins, is comprised? - ANSWER on only one optical isomer of a molecule inanimate molecules like glucose and fructose can be part of an interactive chemical system that builds complex interactive molecular systems that may - ANSWER exhibit emergent properties the design and purpose of a scientific experiment should be to - ANSWER falsify a hypothesis biology 150 is required of all college students receiving a baccalaureate degree...

Evolution - ANSWER decent with modification Natural Selection - ANSWER organisms that are better adapted to their environment tend to survive longer and transmit more of their genetic characteristics to succeeding generations than do those that are less well adapted (Darwin's theory of evolution) Fitness - ANSWER the ability to survive to reproductive age, find a mate, and produce offspring Adaptation - ANSWER a trait with a current functional role in the life of an organism that is ma...

What blood vessel carries blood from the aorta into the kidney? - ANSWER renal artery Filtrate contains everything in blood plasma EXCEPT for - ANSWER blood proteins Which one of the following is NOT one of the functions of the kidney's? - ANSWER produce hormones that assist in digestion Starting from the glomerular capsule, the correct order of the renal tubule regions is: - ANSWER proximal convoluted tubule, nephron loop (loop of Henle), distal convoluted tubule Which one of the f...

Paciulli FINAL BIO 181 NCSU Exam Study Guide Solutions To the west of Wallace's Line in Southeast Asia are organisms related to Asiatic species. To the east of the line, there is a mixture of species of Asian and Australian origin. This is an example of: - ANSWER- biogeography Two members of the initial Amish migration to Pennsylvania in 1744 shared the recessive allele for Ellis- van Creveld syndrome, which results in a long narrow chest and shortening of the limbs. More Amish people ...

besides nucleic acid a virus must posses - ANSWERScaspid the placing of viral DNA into the host cell genome is called - ANSWERSlysogeny the host cells for rhinoviruses are - ANSWERShumans spikes in the host cell membrane are coded for by the - ANSWERSvirus the infectious dosage of rhinovirus can be as few as - ANSWERSone virus polio virus is transmitted by - ANSWERSfecal-oral route where in the world is naturally occurring polio virus still found - ANSWERSAfghanistan the att...