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What is the fundamental unit of life?
Cells
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What are the characteristics of life?
Homeostasis, reproduction, metabolism, DNA/hereditary, Cells
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When did life originate?
3 billion years ago
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Who came up with the cell theory?
Schleiden and Schwann
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What does the cell theory state?
That organisms are made of cells, new cells come from pre-existing cells, cells are the structural and functional unit of all living things, and that cell dysfunction produces disease
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What evidence supporting the cell theory came from Louis Pasteur?
Broth experiment with bacteria and microbes
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What is the central dogma theory?
DNA replication → Transcription → Translation
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All cells use the same ___ amino acids?
20
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Cells are _____________ that self-replicate?
Catalytic machines
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What are the characteristics of prokaryotes?
Lack of a nucleus, lack of a mitochondria, unicellular, no membrane bound organelles
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What are the characteristics of eukaryotes?
Presence of a nucleus, mitochondria, multi-cellular, membrane bound organelle
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What are the major divisions of prokaryotic organisms?
Bacteria and Archaea
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What are the major divisions of eukaryotic organisms?
Protozoa, Fungi, Plantae, Animal
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What is the endosymbiotic hypothesis?
Some eukaryotic cell organelles, such as mitochondria and plastids, evolved from free-living prokaryotes
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What are the common features between mitochondria and chloroplasts?
Have their own DNA, double membrane, ATP synthase, electron transport chain.
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All life on Earth has descended from a _________?
Common ancestor
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What is saccharomyces cerevisiae?
Brewer’s Yeast
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What is Schizosaccharaomyces pombe?
Fission Yeast
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What is arabidopsis?
A small weed, with a compact genome
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Who first used Drosophila melanogaster?
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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What is caenorhabditis elegans?
A soil nematode
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What was C. elegans used to help determine?
Genes controlling programmed cell death
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How many genes do humans have?
19,000
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