Midterm Rview 07

I.          water

A.    water properties

1.      cohesive-adhesive

2.      high specific heat

3.      less dense as solid

4.      polar solvent

B.    4 no 5

C.    hydrogen bonding

II.        carbon

A.    functional groups

B.    4 bonding sites

C.    variety of bonds

III.      macromolecules

A.    carbohydrates

B.    proteins

C.    lipids

D.    nucleic acids

IV.       tiny metabolism

A.    Gibbs/Helmholz

B.    free energy

C.    laws thermodynamics

D.    ENZYMES:reduce activation energy

1.      proteins

2.      active sites

3.      allosteric site

4.      competitive inhibition

5.      noncompetitive inhibition

6.      cofactors

7.      feedback inhibition

8.      cooperativity

9.      rate of rx depends on pH, temp, and amt substrate

10.    works by: microenvironment, side chains can take part, stress bonds

V.        tour of the cell

A.    endomembrane system

B.    2 db mem organelles

C.    compartmentalization

D.    everything has ribosomes

E.     all the cytoskeleton elements and 7+2

F.     bags of enzymes

VI.       cell respiration

A.    mitochondria

B.    needs O2 for Krebs

C.    substrate phosphorylation

D.    oxidative phosphorylation: chemiosmosis

E.     ETC

F.     ATP synthase

G.    Proton pumps

H.    Glycolysis

1.      fermentation

VII.     photosynthesis

A.    photosystems I and II (cyclic and noncyclic)

B.    stroma and thylakoids

C.    Calvin

D.    RuBP RuBP RuBP RuBP RuBP

E.     C3, C4, CAM

F.     photolysis

G.    photorespiration

H.    photophosphorylation

VIII.    early earth & tiny phylogeny

A.    endosymbiosis theory

B.    atmosphere

C.    Miller & Urey

D.    prokaryotes

1.      forms of nutrition

E.     eukaryotes

F.     plants adapt terrestrial

G.    animal phlog

1.      acoelomate; pseudocoelomate; coelomate

2.      symmetry

3.      deuterostomes and protostomes

IX.       possible essays

A.    energy transfer

B.    proteins (enzymes)

C.    lab essay

D.    cell transport & communication

X.        cell transport

A.    all the cytoses-phago, pino, endomemmediated

B.    passive and active

C.    electrogenic pumps

XI.       tiny ecology

A.    r vs K

B.    trophic pyramids

1.      primary productivity

a.    primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers

2.      flow of energy and resources

a.    allochthonous vs autochthonous

C.    structure vs function

1.      structure: physical appearance includes plants esp. but also animals

2.      function: flow of energy or resources/ how the ecosystem works

D.    ecosystem

1.      community

a.    population

b.    succession

E.     forcing function

1.      hydrology

2.      topography

3.      sometimes fire/ light availability

 

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