Bio 1020

In the process of biological evolution, new species may evolve through exchange of genes from one species to another. This process is called…

Horizontal gene transfer

Proteins are highly responsible or the traits of living organisms while___provides the blueprint of the organization, development and function of living things

DNA

Which level of organisms is common to all life forms?

Cells

Collecting data without specific hypothesis in mind is called…

Discovery-based Science

Plant photosynthesis and the consumption of plants by animals is best explained by what unifying principle of life?

All living organisms use energy

Birds maintain an internal body temp, is an example of

Homeostasis

A community of organism interacting with their physical environment is a/an….

ecosystem

An explanation for a biological process that is sustained by a large body of evidence is called…

theory

When grouping organisms, which classification is most general for a particular type of organism

kingdom

Fundamental criteria for an organism to be alive

containing genetic material,

Which properties are crucial for both an organisms ability to “Grow, Develop and Reproduce,” and a populations capacity to '“evolve”

it contains the info necessary to construct the entire organism

The formation of the complex molecules in living organism is made possible by what property of carbon

Carbon forms up to 4 covalent bonds

All organic molecules contain

hydrogen and carbon

Carbohydrate assembly occurs by

a dehydration reaction between mono- that form poly and disaccharides.

Organic molecules are fundamentally defined by the presence of which two elements?

Hydrogen & Carbon

Amino Acid

Protein

Nucleotide

Nucleic Acid

Monosaccharide

Carbohydrate

Unsaturated fats are characterized by kinks in their fatty acid chains, which makes it harder for them to link together and therefore contributes to them being more fluid at room temperature

True

Nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA, are essential genetic materials. They are polymers composed of repeating monomer units called nucleotides. What are the three primary components that make up a single nucleotide?

phosphate group, a five-carbon sugar, and a nitrogenous base

Cholesterol is presented in the sources as the most abundant type of steroid in humans. Discuss at least two essential roles cholesterol plays in the body.

One essential role that Cholesterol plays is that it helps maintain structure in cell membranes. Another is that can be used to make vitamin D. 

A proteins____structure contains helixes and sheets that result from hydrogen bonding between carboxyl and amino acid groups of the polypeptide chain

Secondary

An amino acid is a protein as a __ is to a nucleic acid

nucleotide

Which is NOT a lipid

glycogen

A significant role plated by pH buffers is to

prevents fluctuations in the acidity of solutions

What typeof bonds form from the unequal sharing of electrons

Polar Covalent