[IB Biology Reviews For Final Test]


Vocabulary List for Chemistry

1. State 3 commonest elements of life.

2. State 5 other most common elements of life and a role of each.

3. Compare/contrast atom & ion.

4. Organic:

5. Polar:

6. Nonpolar:

7. Cohesion:

8. Adhesion:

9. Surface Tension:

10. Draw general structure of amino acid.

11. Draw ring structure of alpha-D-glucose.

12. Draw basic structure of glycerol & fatty acid:

3. Condensation reaction:

14. Hydrolysis reaction:

15. Peptide bond:

16. Draw general structure of dipeptide:

17. Monosaccharide & 2 examples:

18. Disaccharide & 2 examples:

19. Polysaccharide & 1 example:

20. 6 functions of proteins (& named example for each):

21. 3 functions of lipids:

22. Protein structure (Primary, Secondary , Tertiary, & Quaternary)

23. Catalyst: 24. Enzyme: 25. Active site:

26. Activation energy:

27. "lock & key" model:

28. Denaturation:

29. Allosteric:

30. Induced fit model:

31. Competitive inhibition:

32. Non-competitive inhibition:

33. Nucleic Acids:

34. DNA nucleotide (parts):

35. 4 DNA bases:

36. DNA double helix:

37. Draw simple diagram of molecular DNA:

38. Nucleosomes:

39. Histones:

40. Antiparallel strands:

41. 3Õ-->5Õ

42. Purines:

43. Pyrimidines:

44. Replication:

45. Semi-conservative:

46. DNA polymerase:

47. Helicase:

48. DNA ligase:

49. Okazaki fragments:

50. RNA primase:

51. Transcription (5Õ--> 3Õ) (outline):

52. Messenger RNA & function:

53. Transfer RNA & function:

54. Codon:

55. Anticodon:

56. Degeneracy:

57. DNA code as universal:

58. "One gene, one polypeptide".

59. Lac Operon model:

60. Regulator gene

61. Promoter region:

62. Terminator:

63. Introns:

64. Exons:

65. Translation (5Õà 3Õ) (outline):

66. Initiation:

67. Elongation:

68. Termination:

69. Start vs. stop codons:

70. Genetic engineering:

71. Outline technique for gene transfer involving plasmids, bacterial cell, restriction enzymes, & DNA ligase.

72. Explain 1 potential harmful result of genetic engineering.

73. Polymerase chain reaction:

74. Gel electrophoresis:

75. DNA profiling & 2 applications:

76. Gene therapy & 1 named example:


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