BIO EXAM 1 BUILDING BLOCKS Aminoacids->Proteins->Enzymes Glucose=Polysaccrides Glyseral=Fat Molecule Neoclotides= DNA & RNA CRITERIA OF LIFE: (5) A. Biology: What is it?: BIOLOGY: is the scientific study of life B. What is life? -- Criteria for life: All living organisms have similar properties -composed of cells made up of macromolecules -growth‚ development & reproduction -heritable information in the form of DNA -sensitivity to stimuli -homeostasis (maintenance of internal environment)
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process by which carbon dioxide enters a leaf (and by which water vapor and oxygen exit) is ___. d) Diffusion 7. Which of the following creatures would not be an autotroph? c) fish 8. The process by which most of the world’s autotrophs make their food is known as ____. b) Photosynthesis 9. The process of ___ is how ADP + P are converted into ATP during the Light dependent process. c) chemiosmosis 10. Once ATP is converted into ADP + P‚ it must be ____. b) recharged by chemiosmosis 11. Generally
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Evolution Lab “Evolution by Natural Selection” The object of this experiment is to determine how changing the size of the beak of a finch will affect the population as well as the growth rate of the finch’s beak. The reason for the experiment is to evaluate evolution and how it affects the finch’s population‚ and how natural selection is always present in life. In this experiment I will show that the finch will continue to evolve until its beak has reached the optimal size for sustaining
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Organism Physiology: The Octopus Bio/101 The cephalopodor octopus is a marine organism that inhabits many diverse regions of the ocean. Its food source consists of crabs‚ small fish‚ clams‚ mussels and other marine animals. The octopus is a predatory animal and has developed many skills to aid in its survival in the environment it has adapted to. The octopus has several main organs that are vital to its survival; the brain for its intelligence; the ink sack for its defense; and the arms for
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04.08 Food Webs—Activity On the diagram below‚ what percentage of energy (from the choices in blue on the left) is transferred from a producer to a: (A) secondary consumer‚ (B) tertiary consumer‚ (C) quaternary consumer? A: 1.0% B: 0.1% C: 0.01% Look at the quote from Rachel Carson on the first page. What do you think the quote means? Use some of the terms we have covered regarding the topic of food webs in your one to two paragraph explanation. I think the quote is true in its meaning
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BIO 101 Lecture Notes for Respiration‚ Fermentation‚ and Photosynthesis Respiration During aerobic respiration‚ glucose is completely oxidized (all H’s removed) leaving CO2 as an endproduct. The H’s are taken by coenzymes (NAD and FAD) to the electron transport chain. There the energy is drained from the hydrogen electrons and the energy is used to make ATP. The H’s are ultimately accepted by O2 to make H2O as an endproduct. Respiration occurs in three major stages: 1) Glycolysis
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Melissa Morales Bios 101 Spring 2013 Demography- Human Life History Introduction Demography is the study of human populations. It studies the size‚ composition and distribution of a population‚ and the process through which a population changes. Demography allows us to track changes over time and to depict how different periods in history change population dynamics. Births‚ deaths‚ migration and emigration‚ jointly produced the change within a population (Biological Science). Demography
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Option 1: Food Webs Case Study Explain the theory in your own words based on the case study and suggested readings. A food web is a type of graph that depicts the relationship between the prey and the predators‚ also known as a system of food chains and how one another are related. This can be better explained as a connection in a community. Food webs are important because it is a direct illustration of the relationships among certain species within a certain community. Right away the graph
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Cold Desert Biome Food Web Michelle Ann Cushman BIO/101 October 20‚ 2014 Steven Peck This is a biome which is an Ocean shore environment. Animals that live here find their food in the water. Some of the Preys go on to the land to rest or reproduce‚ but food that they eat is in the water. The Artic is the area around the North Pole while the Antarctic is the area around the South Pole. Plant plankton are eaten by the Krills; the Krills are eaten by the fish‚ fish are eaten by the seals and the seals
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Human Influences in a Food Web The temperate rainforest biome (specific to America) is most commonly recognised by its large and tall trees‚ non-seasonal vegetation‚ heavy rainfall and dense humidity. Temperatures rarely drop below freezing and irregularly exceed 27o C. Rainfall usually ranges from 127-165cm a year‚ with some rainforests occasionally receiving more [1]. At the first trophic level the producers are found‚ including: plants‚ flowers‚ seeds‚ nuts and fruit. The first order consumers
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