Final Exam Major Topics for Review

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Final Exam Major Topics For Review

The Science Of Science

·  Definition of Science & Biology

·  Steps of Scientific Method and Parts of Controlled Experiment

·  Variables

·  Microscopes

·  Compound Light Microscope – Parts, Use, and Care

What Is Life Part I

·  All 15 Life Activities (Define and Examples)

·  Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction (Examples)

·  Photosynthesis & Equation

·  Respiration & Equation

·  Heterotroph vs. Autotroph

·  ATP – Structure and Function

What Is Life Part II – The Cell

·  All 18 Cellular Organelles & Their Functions

·  Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote

·  Plant Vs. Animal Cell

·  Cell Theory

·  Cell Organization (Cell à Complex Organism)

What Is Life Part II – Chemistry Of Life

·  Chemical Organization Of Life (Atom à Cell)

·  Organic Vs. Inorganic

·  Enzymes & How they work

·  All Organic Compounds & Importance (What they do for living things)

o  Proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, and lipids.

·  All Inorganic Compounds

·  Monomer and Polymer

Cellular Activities - Transport

·  Plasma Membrane Structure & Selective Permeability

·  Active Vs. Passive Transport

·  Importance of Transport

·  Endocytosis Vs. Exocytosis

o  Pinocytosis Vs. Phagocytosis

·  Why is cell division important?

·  Why does cell division to occur?

Cellular Activities – Division

·  Steps of Cell Cycle

·  Meiosis Vs. Cell Cycle

·  Chromatin and Chromosomes

·  Autosomes Vs. Sex Chromosomes (Male Vs. Female)

·  Diploid Vs. Haploid

·  Karyotyping, Non-Disjunction, and Genetic Counseling

DNA & Protein Synthesis

·  Structure of DNA

·  Base Pairing

·  Process of DNA Replication

·  Processes of Translation & Transcription

·  RNA – Structure and differences from DNA

·  Types of RNA and function

Genetics

·  Genetics Terms

·  Punnett Squares

Ecology

·  Abiotic vs Biotic Factors

·  Biosphere Divisions

·  Energy Pyramid

·  Primary vs. Secondary Succession

Evolution

·  Evidence Of Evolution

·  Natural Selection