BIL 150 MALLERY TEST 1 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
3 Unifying Concepts of Biology - ANSWER-cell theory, evolution, bioenergetics
Rudolph Virchow theory - ANSWER-all cells arise from pre-existing cells
Spontaneous Generation - ANSWER-Francisco Redi; whole organisms could arise
spontaneously or from inadamite matter
Louis Pasteur - ANSWER-air is full of bacteria; broth
1. store hereditary info
2. replicate hereditary info
3. transcribe DNA into RNA
4. translate RNA into protein
5. enzymes
6. require free energy
7. same molecular building blocks
8. enclosed by cell membrane - ANSWER-universal properties of all cells (8)
Bioenergetics - ANSWER-science of energy flow and thermodynamics
Five kingdoms - ANSWER-monera, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia
3 domains - ANSWER-archae, bacteria, eukarya
Monera - ANSWER-true bacteria, most successful, single celled
Protista - ANSWER-algae, unicellular eukaryotes
Plantae - ANSWER-plants/photosynthetic organisms
Fungi - ANSWER-molds/yeasts, decompose other organisms
Animalia - ANSWER-animals, hetertrophs
Cosmology - ANSWER-study of origin of the universe
Nucleosynthesis - ANSWER-process of formation of 92 natural elements in the periodic
table
13.75 billion years - ANSWER-Age of universe
, 4.5 billion years - ANSWER-Age of earth
3.5 billion years - ANSWER-Age of life
Keplar 452b - ANSWER-most earthlike planet
Panspermia - ANSWER-life was imported to earth in form of organic building blocks or
microorganisms from far away
Feldspar - ANSWER-microscopic pits that shelter molecules from UV radiation
Magnetite - ANSWER-combination of nitrogen and hydrogen into ammonia
Clay - ANSWER-layered sheets trap organics to form complex molecules
Chirality - ANSWER-when two different configurations are not super-imposable
Enantiomers - ANSWER-Mirror images; same molecular formula but differ in 3D
orientation of atoms
Dextrorotatory (R or D Isomer) - ANSWER-isomer rotates the plane of polarized light to
the right
Levorotatory (S or L Isomer) - ANSWER-Isomer rotates the plane of polarized light to
the left
Calcite - ANSWER-mineral that attracts D&L amino acid isomers to different crystal
faces
Synthetic Cells - ANSWER-to construct artificial organisms that can reproduce and
evolve
Protocells (protobionts) - ANSWER-spherical collection of lipids proposed as a
stepping-stone to the origin of life
Anabolic Pathway - ANSWER-reactions work to make larger molecules from smaller
ones
Catabolic Pathway - ANSWER-degradatory reactions break down larger molecules into
smaller
Hydrocarbon - ANSWER-molecules made of carbon and hydrogen and have molecular
skeletons
Structural Isomer - ANSWER-have the same empirical formula but different structures
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
3 Unifying Concepts of Biology - ANSWER-cell theory, evolution, bioenergetics
Rudolph Virchow theory - ANSWER-all cells arise from pre-existing cells
Spontaneous Generation - ANSWER-Francisco Redi; whole organisms could arise
spontaneously or from inadamite matter
Louis Pasteur - ANSWER-air is full of bacteria; broth
1. store hereditary info
2. replicate hereditary info
3. transcribe DNA into RNA
4. translate RNA into protein
5. enzymes
6. require free energy
7. same molecular building blocks
8. enclosed by cell membrane - ANSWER-universal properties of all cells (8)
Bioenergetics - ANSWER-science of energy flow and thermodynamics
Five kingdoms - ANSWER-monera, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia
3 domains - ANSWER-archae, bacteria, eukarya
Monera - ANSWER-true bacteria, most successful, single celled
Protista - ANSWER-algae, unicellular eukaryotes
Plantae - ANSWER-plants/photosynthetic organisms
Fungi - ANSWER-molds/yeasts, decompose other organisms
Animalia - ANSWER-animals, hetertrophs
Cosmology - ANSWER-study of origin of the universe
Nucleosynthesis - ANSWER-process of formation of 92 natural elements in the periodic
table
13.75 billion years - ANSWER-Age of universe
, 4.5 billion years - ANSWER-Age of earth
3.5 billion years - ANSWER-Age of life
Keplar 452b - ANSWER-most earthlike planet
Panspermia - ANSWER-life was imported to earth in form of organic building blocks or
microorganisms from far away
Feldspar - ANSWER-microscopic pits that shelter molecules from UV radiation
Magnetite - ANSWER-combination of nitrogen and hydrogen into ammonia
Clay - ANSWER-layered sheets trap organics to form complex molecules
Chirality - ANSWER-when two different configurations are not super-imposable
Enantiomers - ANSWER-Mirror images; same molecular formula but differ in 3D
orientation of atoms
Dextrorotatory (R or D Isomer) - ANSWER-isomer rotates the plane of polarized light to
the right
Levorotatory (S or L Isomer) - ANSWER-Isomer rotates the plane of polarized light to
the left
Calcite - ANSWER-mineral that attracts D&L amino acid isomers to different crystal
faces
Synthetic Cells - ANSWER-to construct artificial organisms that can reproduce and
evolve
Protocells (protobionts) - ANSWER-spherical collection of lipids proposed as a
stepping-stone to the origin of life
Anabolic Pathway - ANSWER-reactions work to make larger molecules from smaller
ones
Catabolic Pathway - ANSWER-degradatory reactions break down larger molecules into
smaller
Hydrocarbon - ANSWER-molecules made of carbon and hydrogen and have molecular
skeletons
Structural Isomer - ANSWER-have the same empirical formula but different structures
