STUDY GUIDE FOR Biology B FINAL EXAM

 

40 Questions: General Biology Review—Stuff to know:

·         Base pair sequence codes for amino acid

·         Producers require light for PS

·         Semipermeable membrane regulates by pore size

·         Darwin’s 4 Tenets of Evolution

·         Dominant alleles mask recessive alleles

·         Oxygen in the ocean comes from plankton PS

·         ATP is the energy currency molecule

·         Genotype

·         Chemically, what do enzymes do?

·         Sex-linked traits inherit with the X-Chromosome

·         Evolution responds to environmental pressures

·         Differences between sexual & asexual reproduction

·         Where in the cell are proteins made?

·         Where in the body are mitochondria concentrated?

·         Biodiversity is supported by biomes as well as microenvironments

·         Carbon cycle

·         Plasmolysis

·         Species are separated by time or space

·         F1 generation organisms all show the dominant trait

·         Define digestion

·         Chemically, what is the role of starch?

·         Monohybrid cross ratios

·         Where does oxygen in the air come from?

·         What does diffusion have to do with CO2 in the lungs?

·         Chemically, what is cellular respiration?

·         Population Graph and limiting factors

·         How are mitosis and meiosis similar?

·         How can diffusion rates be increased?

·         Properties of a colony of bacteria

·         Feedback loop

·         Energy pyramid

·         Concentration gradient

·         Predator-Prey graph (esp Lynx/Hare)

·         Secondary immune response

 

25 Questions: Biochemistry—Stuff to know:

·         Central Dogma

·         Watson & Crick

·         A-T and C-G

·         Parts of a nucleotide

·         Hydrogen bond

·         Helicase

·         Polymerase

·         ssb protein

·         Ligase

·         Where are ribosomes made?

·         Where are proteins made?

·         What is the role of mRNA??

·         mRNA processing

·         Start codon

·         Ribosome subunits

·         Difference b/w transcription and translation

·         TRNA

·         Stop codon

·         Peptide bond

·         Enzymes are what type of organic molecule?

·         Redundant DNA code

·         Difference b/w inhibitor, effector (activator)

 

5 Questions: Evolution—Terms to know

·         Darwin

·         Preadaptation

·         Environmental Pressure or test

·         Lamarck

·         Peppered Moth

 

20 Questions: Ecology

Terms to know

·         Levels of Organization: biosphere, ecosystem, landscape, community, population, organism…

·         Trophic Levels: Producer, 1^st order consumer, 2^nd order consumer, top predator, decomposer…

·         Food web vs. food chain

·         Habitat

·         Abiotic/biotic

·         Source of ALL energy

 

9 Questions: Physiology—Terms to know

·         Tissues: epithelial, connective, muscle, nerve

·         Blood circulation pattern, esp. thru heart

·         Muscle types (3)

·         Parts of a joint

·         Movement of the joint

 

1 Question: Alma mater—Term to know: UCLA