Bio 1410 F22 Exam 1 Review

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Topic Review for Exam I (Fall 2022):

Please note! You are responsible for all material in your lecture notes AND your assigned reading as
described in the reading guides. You are NOT responsible for the material I told you to omit in the
reading.
 This guide is meant to help organize your studying, and is not meant to be all inclusive. I use
this guide to write your exams.
 This exam only covers the LECTURE. There is NO LAB information on this exam.
 Vocabulary words are in bold type in this list, and you need to know their definitions (even if I
haven’t directly said this in this review)
I. The Nature of Science
--know what a hypothesis is
--know what a theory is
--know the difference between a hypothesis and a theory
--know the steps of the scientific method
--know the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning, and be able to apply to examples
-- know how to identify independent and dependent variables
-- know how to identify standardized (or controlled) variables for an experiment
--know the characteristics of living organisms
--know the general organization of living organisms
--know the major domains of living organisms
--know the process for scientific naming (genus/species)

II. Basic Chemistry


--know the basic structure of an atom
--know and be able to apply: atomic number, atomic mass
--know what an isotope is, and know the difference between the two types (radioactive, nonradioactive)
--Understand the common types of bonds and how electrons are shared or moved in each type:
-- ionic bond
--covalent bond
--Understand what a polar covalent bond is and how it is different from a nonpolar covalent bond
--Know the structure of water, including the following concepts:
--water is a molecule with polar covalent bonds
--cohesion
--adhesion
--the role of hydrogen bonds in holding water molecules to each other
--Know how to classify molecules in terms of how they interact with water (behavior)
--hydrophilic
--hydrophobic
--be able to relate terms that deal with chemistry (nonpolar, polar) to terms that relate to
behavior (hydrophobic, hydrophilic )
-Know the concept of pH
--logarithmic scale
--definition of acid and base
--Know what a salt is, and the types of bonds that hold them together
III. Carbon and Biological Macromolecules
-Know the properties of the Carbon atom
-Know the specific functional groups that we discussed in class (you will need to know their names and
their simple formula ie. Carboxyl group is COOH)
-Understand the concept of monomer and polymer, and be able to identify them for carbohydrates,
proteins, and nucleic acids
A. Carbohydrates
-Monosaccharides—be able to give examples
-know what an isomer is, be able to give examples
-Disaccharides (oligosaccharides)—be able to give examples and know their composition
Ie sucrose is made from…..
Lactose is made from…..
-Polysaccharides—be able to give examples
-Be able to list the Functions of Carbohydrates
B. Lipids
--Structure of a Fatty acid(FA)—be able to identify the hydrocarbon chain and the carboxyl group
--know the difference between saturated vs unsaturated fatty acids; characteristics of each
--know why fatty acids are amphipathic (be able to define this word!) and what kind of structure
(micelle) they form when dropped in water

Know that there are two types of lipids: True Fats and Sterols
-- True Fats (recognize and describe, not draw)
--Types of True Fats
--Triglycerides: 3 FA; very hydrophobic
--Phospholipids : 2 FA and phosphate; amphipathic; forms bilayer in water
--Sterols
--be able to give examples
--Know the Functions of Lipids
C. Nucleic acids
--nucleotides as monomers
-know the two sugars and which polymer they are associated with (DNA or RNA)
--know the 5 nitrogenous bases and how to group them as purines or pyrimidines
--Know that DNA, RNA are the polymer form (but you don’t need to know structure)
D. Proteins
--amino acids: structure (know how to draw the basic structure and label functional groups)
--classification of R groups by their chemistry (polar, nonpolar, polar positive, polar negative)
--condensation reaction: which macromolecules use this reaction for assembly?
--know what peptide bonds are, and be able to circle them/count them in a chemical structure
--polypeptide structure: know the levels below, and the factors that contribute to them
-primary
-secondary
-tertiary
-quartenary
--Factors that affect protein structure
-temperature, pH
--know concept of denaturing an protein: breaking weak bonds (hydrogen, etc)—NOT peptide
bonds

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