BIOL 160- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 27 pages long!)
Document Summary
Ch1 - biology & the tree of life + ch2 - water & Cells are both distinct entities and entire building blocks of life. Basic structure and physiological units of all living organisms. Structure / function - made of structural components whose arrangements determine function; relationship between structure and function. Information flow and storage - encoded in dna, expressed, transcribed, translated in rna. Transformation of energy and matter - acquire, use, release, cycle energy and matter. Systems - living systems are interconnected, interact/influence each other on multiple levels: 4 atoms make up 96% of all matter found in organisms. Cohesion - attraction between like molecules: adhesion - attraction between unlike molecules. Surface tension - caused because of cohesion: water is denser as a liquid than as a solid, water has a high specific heat because h-bonds must be broken. Functional groups - groups found in organic compounds that are critically important.
