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CONCEPT LIST July 19, 2003
Biology Concepts
The Cell
Cell components: Cellular fluid
Ions, solutions, macromolecules
Cell components: Membrane
Lipid, self-assembly, hydrophobicity
Cell components: Movement of Materials across a Membrane (osmosis)
Concentration, gradient, barrier, pore, diffusion, turgor, cystic fibrosis
Cell components: Pump (active transport)
Molecular machine, active transport, ATP
Cell components: Synthesis of macromolecules
Monomer, polymer, covalent bond, carbon backbone, amino acid, protein,
carbohydrate,polysaccharide, lipid, fats and lipids, nucleic acid, DNA and RNA,
charge,surface
Cell components:Protein folding, identification
Crystal, amino acid, charge, hydrophobicity, S-S bonds
Cell components: Receptor
Molecular machine, complementarity, charge
Cell information coding: Nucleus and DNA
DNA, RNA, protein synthesis
Cell growth, differentiation and regulation
Selective gene expression, feedback, enzymes,
Cell component: Chloroplast
Photosynthesis, ATP, reduction
Communication
Nerve transmission along an axon, synapse, receptor
Metabolism
Enzyme, active site, catalysis, synthesis, energy storage, acidity, range of
reactions
Most cell functions involve chemical reactions.
Kinetic motion, collisions, reactions
Interdependence of Life
Producers
Enzyme, active site, catalysis, synthesis, energy storage, ATP
Decomposers
Enzyme, active site, breakdown, oxidation
Digestion
Enzyme, active site,
Ecosystems NO MODEL
Food web
Food as energy, digestion
Evolution
Genetic variability
Allele, randomness
Natural Selection NO MODEL
Species diversity
Mutation
Gene, substitution, deletion, amino acid, protein structure and function,UV
radiation
Micelles
Lipids,hydrophobicity,self-assembly
Heredity (Amy and Joyce build hierarchy)
Coding by 4 subunits
Gene
Dominance
X-linkage
Chromosomes
Replication
Meiosis
Mitosis
Genetic variability
Mutation
Recombinant DNA
Pedigree
Monohybrid
Dihibrid
Population
Matter and Energy
Key Elements of Life
Atomic structure, role of carbon, covalent bonds
Energy Production
Photosynthesis
Light absorption
Entropy
Bond energy
Covalent bonds
ATP
Conservation of matter and energy
Energy Requirements/feedback
Water and life
Polar water molecule, solutions, hydrophobicity
Origin of Life
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Macromolecules
Self-assembly, charge, temperature,virus,RNA
Behavior of Organisms:
Nervous System
Receptor, ion, signal, transmembrane potential,synapse, hormones,
transmitter molecules, Ionic homeostasis
Circulation
Hemoglobin, Sickle-Cell Anemia, Melittin, pHt
Obtaining energy from food/Digestion
Enzyme, carbohydrate, ATP
Metabolism
Enzyme, carbohydrate, ATP
Respiration
States of Matter, diffusion, evaporation, gas exchange, solution
Storage
Starch, sugar, carbohydrates,feedback
Transportation
Molecular machines, actin and myosin
Waste disposal
Diffusion, filtratiion,osmosis, pressure, homeostasis,amonia,
reabsorption,hormone
System
Feedback
Homeostasis/equilibrium
Random event
Molecular Biology
Acidity, range of reactions
Active site
Active transport
Amino Acid
Allele
ATP
Carbohydrates/Sugar
Carbon backbone
Complementarity
Synthesis of molecules
Breakdown of molecules
DNA, RNA
Enzyme
Gene
Gene expression
Lipids
Macromolecule
Membrane potential/ membrane gradient,
Metabolism,
Monomer
Mutation
Protein
Osmosis
Passive transport
Photosynthesis keywords: amino acids, sugar
Polar molecule; polar nature of water
Polymer
Protein structure
Protein Function
Self- assembly
Synthesis: protein
Receptor
Signal
Template-based synthesis
Transcription
Transportation of molecules in the cell
Physiochemical Concepts
Atomic structure
Barrier
Charge
Chemical Bonds
Chemical reaction
Collisions
Concentration
Covalent
Diffusion
Dissolving
Distance between particles
Element
Energy
Energy transfer
Entropy
Evaporation
Flux of matter and energy
Gradient
Heat energy
Hydrogen bonds
Hydrolysis
Ion
Ionic homeostasis
Kinetic motion
Light energy absorption
Oxidation
PH
Phase change
Pressure
Solubility
Solutions
States of Matter
Temperature
Van der Waals
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