HONORS BIO WHAT SHOULD I KNOW FOR THE TEST
INTRO TO BIOLOGY-Chapters 1 & 2
Review:
SLIDE SHOW PACKETSChapter ?”sVOCAB listMACROMOLECULE HANDOUT
Starts with? Clue sheet
What is an autotroph? Give an exampleWhat is a heterotroph? Give an example
What does unicellular mean? Give an example
What does multicellular mean? Give examples
What is the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction?
What is homeostasis?
Why is maintaining homeostasis important for living things?
What is metabolism?
What is differentiation?
What is evolution?
What are stem cells?
Why do differentiated cells like blood, nerve, skin, and bone) look and act different if they have the same DNA?
A LITTLE CHEMISTRY/ENZYMES
What particles are found in atoms? Give their location and electric charge.
What is an ion?
What is special about carbon atoms that they can make so many kinds of molecules?
What atoms and ions are important to living things? Give their symbols:
(EX: C= carbon; Na+ = sodium)
What makes water important to cells?
(Don’t say we can’t live without it… what is it used for?)
What are polar and non-polar molecules? Give examples.
Draw a phospholipid Label which parts are polar and nonpolar?
What is the difference between hydrophobic and hydrophilic molecules and how do they act?
What are van der Waals forces?
What are Hydrogen bonds?
Where are reactants and products found when writing a chemical equation?
What happens in a HYDROLYSIS reaction?
What happens in a DEHYDRATION SYNTHESIS reaction?
What is a monomer? Give an example
What is a polymer? Give an example
What is a catalyst?
How do catalysts change activation energy to speed up chemical reactions?
What kinds of molecules act as catalysts in living things?
Label:
active site, substrate, enzyme-substrate complex
products in this diagram
What happens to proteins when they denature?
What factors can change enzymes to denature?
Which 4 MACROMOLECULES are important to living things?
What subunits are used to make each of these? Be able to ID these in a picture and give examples.
Explain the differences between a monosaccharide, disaccharide,oligosaccharides, and polysaccharide. Give an example of each.
Be able to name the 3 major polysaccharides and tell what each does.
What are the 5 nitrogen bases used to make nucleotides?
Which nitrogen bases are found in DNA? Which is not?
Which nitrogen bases are found in RNA? Which is not?
How is DNA different from RNA?
In a DNA molecule which nitrogen bases always bond with each other?
What are some of the FUNCTIONS of:
Proteins:
Carbohydrates:
Lipids:
Nucleic acids:
What is ATP? How does it work to store and release energy?
Which macromolecules are important in making cell membranes?
Carry information?
Help in transport?
What does INSULIN do?
What does HEMOGLOBIN do?
What kind of macromolecules are these?