Characteristics of Living Things (Essay

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1. Characteristics of Living Things

Honors Biology Ms. Z’s Fall 2012 Final Study Guide

· Homeostasis

· Evolve: respond to change over time

· Heredity: Ability to pass genes on

· Reproduction

· Interdependence with other organisms

· Cells. Pros vs. Euks!

· Metabolism: sum of all reactions in the organism

Honors Biology Ms. Z’s Fall 2012 Final Study Guide

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2. The Scientific Method, designing an experiment, and measurements:

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· Control and Experimental Groups

· Independent vs. dependent variables.

· Surface Area (square units) vs. Volume (cubed units)

· Why are cells small? What does this have to do with surface area and volume?

· Density. Measured in mass/volume. Density of H2O. What does it mean to sink or float in H2O?

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3. Ecology

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· Population vs. Community

· Factors determining population size

· Closed vs. open populations

· Ecosystems: Abiotic vs. biotic factors

· Niche vs. Habitat

· Intra- & Inter-specific competition

· Types of relationships between species

· Density-independent factors

· Natural disasters, weather

· Density-dependent factors

· Food, water, living space

· Population density

· # organisms in a given area

· How to determine?

· Population growth curves. Phases. Dynamic equilibrium. Carrying capacity.

· Types of populations.

· R-selected vs. K-selected

· Population Age Distributions. How to read. What do they tell us.

· Biomes & Adaptations: define? Examples?

· What adaptations have organisms evolved to survive & maybe reproduce in certain biomes? Know specific examples.

· How does energy flow through ecosystems? Producers. Consumers. Decomposers.

· Biogeochemical cycles? Types? Examples?

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4. Chemistry Basics

Biology 250 Ms. Z’s Fall 2009 Final Study Guide

Biology 250 Ms. Z’s Fall Final Study Guide

· Important Elements?! CHONPS!!!

· Order of items from atoms to organisms? Non-living vs. living?

· Inorganic vs. organic?

o Differences?

· Organic molecules

o Specific examples?

· Important reactions? Reactants & products?

· Water!?! Why important? Properties?

o Bonds between & within H2O molecules?

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5. Cellular Respiration & Photosynthesis

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· Where do these processes occur? Specific organelles?

· What are the reactants? Products? Which are organic and which are inorganic?

· Where is the ENERGY in ATP?

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6. Parts of a cell and organelles. What do they do---their function? Found in which cells? Prokaryotes? Eukaryotes? Plants? Animals?

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· Mitochondria

· Golgi apparatus

· Nucleus

· Ribosomes

· ER: smooth & rough

· Lysosomes

· Cytosol & cytoplasm & cytoskeleton

· Chloroplasts

· Cell walls & membranes

· Vacuoles

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7. Cell Membranes!

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· Structure? Be able to draw!

· Transport, in/out. What is moving?

· Active vs. passive. ATP.

· Diffusion vs. Osmosis

· Protein Receptors/Channels

· Membranes: selectively permeable

· Homeostasis & metabolism

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· Different solutions. What happens to cells exposed to the different solutions?

· What is a solution?

· Osmosis & Diffusion Lab

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· What molecules moved? Where?

· Monosaccharides vs. polysaccharides

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