Science Exam 2 Review,
2008
Hierarchy of Organization
Water Science, General characteristics and molecular structure of water
Carbohydrates
General characteristics, Functions in our bodies
Monosaccharides, glucose, fructose
Disaccharides, sucrose, lactose
Polysaccharides, starch, glycogen, cellulose, chitin
Sugar Identification Lab (with Benedict's soln. + IKI)
Lipids
General characteristics,
Functions in our bodies (camel humps, hummingbird energy storage)
Structure of cell
membranes, phospholipids, cholesterol, hydrophobic-phillic
Saturated and unsaturated fatty
acids
Stress Factors of
Biological Membranes lab
Proteins
General characteristics,
Functions in our bodies (8)
Amino Acids-essential, non-essential,
backbone structure, peptide bond formation
4 Levels of protein
size and complexity
Nucleic Acids
General characteristics,
structure, Functions in our bodies
How DNA is related
to proteins (protein synthesis)
Differences between
RNA and DNA
Protein Synthesis, transcription/translation
Nutrition
Calories, food pyramid,
health considerations
Grocery Store Science (Von’s), Peer Review
Importance of Vitamins
Vitamin C Determination by Iodine Titration, Lab #12
Frontline video study sheet, Fat
Diffusion and Osmosis
A practical understanding
of the movement of water (and other) molecules through a semipermeable membrane,
examples
How a cell (and cell
nucleus) divides
What is a chromosome?
Mitosis
Meiosis
Human chromosomes
(22 autosomes, 1 sex chromosome), sex determination
Mendelian Genetics
Simple Punnett Squares
and genetic probability
Blood types and inheritance
Review weekly
quiz material (metric mass, length, and volume conversions)
Reading
assignments and videos
Frontline Fat video & study questions
NYTimes, Meat Guzzlers
Fastfood Nation, Eric Schlosser
The Size & Complexity of Proteins, I Asimov