BIOL 1407 – General Biology II



BIOL 1407 – General Biology II

Review Sheet for Exam 1

Mr. Dees

(please note that this is not intended to be a totally inclusive list – just a place to start)

Chapter 22

Adaptations

What is the primary unifying concept in Biology?

Descent with modification

Important People (know what they contributed to science)

Aristotle

Linneaus

Hutton

Lamarck

Civier

Darwin

Lyell

Wallace

Scala naturae

taxonomy

hierarchical system of classification

binomial nomenclature

gradualism

Use and disuse

and Inheritance of acquired characteristics

Fossil

paleontology

catastrophism

HMS Beagle

Uniformitarianism

The Origin of Species - book

Natural Selection as proposed by Darwin and his five observations

Artificial selection

Examples of experimental selection – the fish in the ponds

Evidences of evolution

Chapter 24

Fitness

Levels of biological organization

Which level does evolution impact

Speciation & allopatric vs. sympatric with examples

Species defined

Anagenesis vs cladogenesis

Mayr

Reproductive isolation – prezygotic vs. postzygotic barriers with examples

Polyploidy

Adaptive radiation

Gradualism

Punctuated equilibrium

Chapter 27

Characteristics of Domains Bacteria and Archaea

Common shapes of bacteria

Functions of cell wall found in most prokaryotes

Gram and Gram’s stain

Capsules

fimbriae

or pili

Locomotion in prokaryotes

nucleoid region

prokaryotic chromosome

plasmids

binary fission

endospores

Importance of prokaryotes

Heterocysts

Types of symbiosis

with examples

bioremediation

Be sure to look over the different bacteria (examples) we discussed in class as far as diseases or other human impacts are concerned – there will be example son the test!!

Chapter 28

General characteristics

Taxonomy – be sure you can identify the domain, kingdom, phylum and genus of the examples we discussed in class

Three informal groups –protozoa, algae, slime/water molds

-Giardia lamblia

giardiasis; aka beaver

- –Trichomonas vaginalis

flagellates

Flagella and undulating membrane

Trypanosoma brucei and T. gambiense and T. cruzi

Africa Sleeping sickness

Chagas disease

Vectors – Tse Tse Fly, blood-sucking cone-nosed bug

Malaria - Plasmodium

spp. (know life cycle!!)

Ciliates - Paramecium

cilia

conjugation

Amoebas

Pseudopodium

Amoeba proteus

Chaos chaos

Nagleria fowleri – PAM

Entamoeba histolytica

– Euglena

- diatoms

Test of silica

Diatomaceous earth and its uses

Brown algae - examples and importance

thallus and components

Red Algae –examples and importance

Green algae - examples and importance

Spirogyra

Conjugation bridge

Slime and water molds –examples

Chapter 31

Major characteristics of kingdom

Know the taxonomy with examples of all three phyla discussed in class

Chitin

General body plan of fungi – mycelium, hyphae (septate and coenocytic), fruiting body

Spores

Phylum Zygomycota

- Rhizopus stononifer know life cycle

Phylum Ascomycota

- Peziza – know life cycle

Phylum Basidiomycota

- know life cycle

fairy ring

importance of fungi discussed in class with examples

lichens

Flemming – penicillin

Mycorrhizae

Yeasts and fermentation

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