Topics to Review for Bio 101 Exam #1
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Classification of species
o What determines a eukaryote? Prokaryote? Autotroph? Heterotroph?
o How Latin names are written and formatted.
o Order of classification e.g. Domain-Kingdom-Phyla....
Characteristics of life...topics described in Chapter 1
Chemistry
o Properties of water
o Types of bonding
o Basic structure of DNA and RNA
▪ What base pairs do each contain? And in what proportions? How are
molecules attached to one another?
Chemical make up of Cellulose and Glycogen
Major differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
Cell Theory...
o Know the details of cell theory and endosymbiotic theory
Cell structures
o Know the anatomy of a bacteria
o Know the anatomy of an animal cell and plant cell
o Know what cell membranes are made of.
o Know what the endomembrane system consists of.
Cell functions...
o How each organelle functions in the cell
o How proteins and lipids are made
o How compounds enter and exit the cell
o Functions of mitochondria and chloroplasts