PLASTIDS Plastids are large cytoplasmic organelles. Plastids are major organelles found in the cells of plants and algae. Plastids are the site of manufacture and storage of important chemical compounds used by the cell. Plastids often contain pigments used in photosynthesis‚ and the types of pigments present can change or determine the cell’s colour. The term plastid was derived from the Greek word plastikas meaning formed or moulded. This term was coined by Schimper in 1885. In plants
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Organisms are open systems that interact continuously with their environment. The study of the interaction between organisms and the environment; the connectedness between living systems and non-living systems on the Earth is called ecology. The term “ecology” which was coined by Ernst Haeckel comes from the Greek root words oikos logos literally meaning “the study of household”. Haeckel was referring to the interactions within the house of nature and we have used the word ecology (translated from
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Evolution by natural selection is slow but can be observed in certain situations. How to spot evolution in real time: Artificial selection – manipulation by humans such as breeding dogs or growing corn. Repro-rate – rate of reproduction. Stochastic Event: unexpected disaster like a volcano eruption or tornado. (Research geological time) LIVING THINGS: Biology – Study of living things. Living things – all the organisms descended from a single-celled ancestor. * Characteristics:
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Name: __________________________ Date: _____________ APES Mid-Term Possible Exam Questions The exam will consist of 100 questions selected from the 175 questions on this review sheet. ___ 1. Potential locations for wind farms include: A) mountain passes B) islands C) coastal areas D) grasslands E) all of these ___ 2. Landscape ecology: A) is the study of human-designed communities B) examines the influences of human activity on natural ecosystems C) is exclusively concerned with
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down. - white blood cells also use phagocytosis to kill enemies. Phagocytosis involves proteins and calcium for membrane bilayer to move and fuse. -Strepococcus is a microbe that has evolved to avoid phagocytosis by using surface receptors. - A paramecium has food vacuoles for digestion and anal pore for absorbtion -A hydra only has one opening. It does extracellular digestion in the gastrovascular cavity. On the other hand‚ humans have two opening which is not an advantage for digesting plants
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Alan’s Biology Notes Chapter 1 – Basis of Life Ingestion – acquisition of food Assimilation – building of new tissues from digested food Monosaccharide – (carb) single sugar subunit Polysaccharide – (carb) polymer‚ insoluble in water; ex: glycogen / cellulose Lipids – (2:1 H/O ratio) 3 FA bonded to glycerol; chief means of food storage · Major component of adipose tissue · Steroids‚ waxes‚ carotenoids‚ porphyrins Proteins - polymers of AA joined by peptide bond / 1* = AA sequence‚ 2*
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Exam Review – January 2013 Diversity Unit - List taxonomic ranks in order. What is the significance of this order? Domain‚ Kingdom‚ Phylum‚ Class‚ Order‚ Family‚ Genus‚ Species. Classification of species: kingdoms contain many different types of organisms‚ each taxon contains progressively fewer types of organisms‚ taxon “species” is narrowest category‚ containing only one type of organism. As you go from kingdom to species‚ organisms share more and more in common. - Explain and give an example
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Bio Review: Unit 1 Diversity of Living Things Diversity- all the different kinds of life on Earth Species Diversity- variety of species‚ abundance of the species in a given area Genetic Diversity- variation of genes within a species Ecosystem Diversity- diverse range of habitats‚ various organisms within habitats & relationships between them Prokaryotes Eukaryote Appearance Size - Always smaller - 1000x larger DNA structure - Plasmid (one strand circular DNA) - Dna in nucleoid
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Majeed Thaika Year 10-11 ------------------------------------------------- Contents 1 Cells…………………………………………………………………….…..pg-05 -Animal and plant cells (pg-05) -Specialised cells (pg-06) -diffusion (pg-07) -osmosis (pg-08) 2 Plants…………………………………………………………..………….pg-09 -photosynthesis (pg-09) -Factors affecting photosynthesis (pg-10) -Plants and minerals (pg-11) 3 Food Chains and Cycles………………………...………………….pg-12 -Food chain (pg-12) -Energy transfer (pg-13) -Pyramids of biomass
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w Cambridge Pre-U Teacher Guide Cambridge International Level 3 Pre-U Certificate in BIOLOGY Available for teaching from September 2011 w w e tr .X m eP e ap .c rs om Cambridge Pre-U Teacher Guide University of Cambridge International Examinations retains the copyright on all its publications. Registered Centres are permitted to copy material from this booklet for their own internal use. However‚ we cannot give permission to Centres to photocopy any material that is acknowledged to a
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