AP Biology notes: Chapter 2- The Chemical Context of Life 1. Overview * The bombardier beetle fights the ants that plague it by using chemistry. * The natural systems and environment that organisms live in involves chemistry and physics. * Biology is not the only category of science. There is also chemistry‚ physics‚ and engineering. * Organization of life is separated into a hierarchy of structural levels. 2. Elements and Compounds * Matter- anything that takes up
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Meiosis is the process in sexually reproducing organisms where cells divide. The cells produced during meiosis have half the chromosome number as the original cell. There are two cell divisions in meiosis‚ meiosis l and meiosis ll. These cell divisions produce 4 hapolid daughter cells. Haploid cells contain only one set of chromosomes‚ which is written as n. Meiosis consists of nine phases. In meiosis the interphase l the chromosomes replicate and the centrosome duplicates in one diploid cell
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of hydrogen-bonded water molecules is present at the boundary between water and air. As a result water behaves as though it is coated with an invisible film along the surface. An example how the cohesion of water affects the functioning of living organisms is present in plants. Evaporation from the leaves in plants pulls water up from the roots. Cohesion due to hydrogen bonding helps hold the column of water molecules together within the xylem vessels located in the stem or trunk of a plant. Adhesion
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Unitary and Modular Organisms: Their Response to Environmental Changes and Perturbation1 Casey Jon Vea Group 3 Section U-2L August 3‚ 2011 ------------------------------------------------- 1A scientific paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements in Biology 150‚ Principles of Ecology laboratory under Mrs. Charina Grace B. Banaay ‚ Ist semester 2011-2012 Abstract Every individuals or organisms dwell in a place where well suited for their growth and development‚ survival and reproduction
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FRQ #3 a.) The first property of water is its polarity. A water molecule is formed by one oxygen atom covalently bonded to two hydrogen atoms. The electronegativity of the oxygen atom creates an unequal sharing of electrons between the O and H atoms of the molecule. This also gives water the ability to form hydrogen bonds between the slightly negative oxygen atom and the slightly positive hydrogen atom. Water has a high specific heat due to the hydrogen bonds. Because of this‚ water requires
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The following is a sample of the type of exams that I will be giving in class. Try completing this exam in 45 minutes. This should be roughly half the size of your exam. Nick 1) Which of the following pairs is mismatched? a) immunologist – studies ecology of Legionella pneumophila b) virologist -- studies human immunodeficiency virus c) Microbial ecologist -- studies bacteria that degrade oil d) Microbial physiologist – studies fermentation of sourdough bread e) Molecular biologist
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Chapter 1. The science of Biology Outline: 1. Properties of life 2. Science a. Scientific Reasoning/method b. Experimental controls 3. Intro to Evolution a. Charles Darwin b. Malthus c. Natural selection d. Examples of evolution 4. Evidence for evolution Terms: Biology: Scientific study of living organisms and how they evolved. Science: Knowledge derived from observation and experimentation carried out to determine
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------------------------------------------------- Biophysics From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Photosynthetic reaction center. Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that uses the methods of‚ and theories from physics to study biological systems.[1] Biophysics spans alllevels of biological organization‚ from the molecular scale to whole organisms and ecosystems. Biophysical research shares significant overlap withbiochemistry‚ nanotechnology‚ bioengineering‚ agrophysics‚ and systems biology. | Overview Molecular biophysics typically
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Cell Biology Study Guide- Exam 1_______________________________________________ EXAMPLES OF MULTIPLE CHOICE/ TRUE AND FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Which of the following about the Cell Theory is FALSE? a) All cells come from preexisting cells through division b) All organisms consist of one or more cells c) The cell is the basic unit of structure for all organisms d) All cells must contain organelles e) None of the above 2. A student in a cellular biology laboratory is faced with the task of detecting
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Josh P. AP Biology 12-10-13 Lab Writeup The Effect of Transformation of pGLO in Bacteria Background/Objectives/Hypothesis: Genetic transformation is a process that primarily is inserting new DNA into an organism to change that organism’s trait. This process has many useful benefits when used correctly in different organisms. In this lab‚ bacteria was transformed by inserting DNA for Green Fluorescent Proteins. The DNA for these proteins were taken from bioluminescent jellyfish Aequorea
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