BIO 012 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Protein, Nervous System, Metabolism
20 Nov 2018
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Biology is the scientific study of living things, which we call organisms: cells make organisms and organisms use genetic info to make proteins, and their genetic info is replicated, living organisms self-regulate their internal environment. Nucleic acids are molecules that could reproduce themselves and serve as templates for the synthesis of proteins which are large molecules with complex but stable shapes. 2 groups: bacteria and archae: when some merged they became eukaryotes. O(cid:373)e eukaryotes did(cid:374)"t separate so (cid:272)ells (cid:449)ould take o(cid:374) (cid:272)ertai(cid:374) fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s. cellular specialization enabled multicellular eukaryotes to increase in size and become more efficient. To fuel metabolism, some prokaryotes took in small molecules and broke them down. Some organisms began to take it in and proliferate: aerobic metabolism biochemical process that uses o2 to extract energy from nutrient molecules, anaerobic metabolism does not use o2. Structures and processes are organized into systems with specific tasks = chapters.
