The 50 things every biologist should know A. CHEMISTRY #. What is an atom? #. What is a molecule? #. What causes water to be green?
#. What are the two laws of thermodynamics?
#. What are the four unique properties of water?
#. What three elements define organic compounds?
#. What is an element?
#. What is a protein
#. What is a carbohydrate?
#. What is a lipid? B. MOLECULAR
#.What is DNA?
#. What is agene?
#. What isnaturalselection?(Are evolution andnaturalselectionsynonymous terms?)
#.What is achromosome?
#. What arethefour principlesofMendeliangenetics#.What is a genome?
#.How isDNAreplicated?
#.Whatisepistasis?
#.Whatarethesourcesofgeneticvariation?
#.Whatisepigenesis?C.EVOLUTION(진화)
#.WhatdoestheHardy-WeinbergEquilibriumpredict,andwhatistheimportanceofthemodelassumptions?
#.Howhavecontinentsmovedandhowhasthataffectedtheformationanddistributionofspecies?
#.Whatisevolution?
#.Whatisthedifferencebetweenmicroandmacro-evolution?
#.Canyoureadaphylogenetictree?
#.Whatarethekingdomsoflivingorganisms?
#.FinishthefollowingKingdom,Phylum\uffff^\uffff\uffffetc
#.Whatisthe"EvolutionarySynthesis"?
#.Isevolutionprogressive?
#.Whatcomesfirst:theadaptationortheselectivepressure?
#.Whatismeantbythe"inheritanceofacquiredtraits",whomadethisclaim,andwhywashewrong?
#.Whatistheobjectofnaturalselection?
#.Arecladogenesisandanagenesissynonymousterms?
#.Whatisaphenotype?D.CELLULAR
#.Whatisosmosis?
#.Whatarethekeydifferencesbetweenprokaryotesandeukaryotes
#.Whatismitosisandwhathappensduringmitosis?
#.Whatismeiosisandwhathappensduringmeiosis?
#.Whatarethecellorganellesandwhataretheirfunctions?
#.Whatarethekeydifferencesbetweenplantandanimalcells?
#.Whatisacell?E.ENERGY/MATTER#.Whatisphotosynthesis?
#.Whatisglycolysis?
#.WhatistheKreb'scycle?
#.Howdoesenergyflowandmattercycle?
#.Whatisatrophiclevel?
#.Howdoeswatercycle?
#.Canyoudescribethecyclesforkeynutrients(nitrogen,phosphorus,carbon)
#.Whatisbiomagnification?F.ECOLOGY
#.WhatistheTheoryofIslandBiogeography?
#.WhatarerandKselectedlifehistories?
#.Whatisanecosystem?G.GENERAL
#.WhatareNewton'sLaws?
#.Whatarethekeyorgansinthehumanbodyandwhataretheirfunctions?
#.WhatareTheories,hypothesesandpredictionsandhowdotheydiffer?
#.Whataretheimportantplantstructuresandtheirfunctions?
#.Whatishomeostasisandwhyisitimportant?
#.Whatisthescientificmethod?
#.Whatisaconfidenceinterval?
#.WhatisanANOVA?