EXAMS 3 hour exams; 1 final (3 hours)
You can drop the lowest grade of the 3 hour exams, and then count the final as 50%;
or if your final exam turns out to be your lowest grade, then final counts 40%
Kinds of living things: bacteria, archaea, plants, algae, fungi, animals | Chapter 1,web page | |
Biological Chemistry | Read Chapter 2 in the textbook, web page, very important! | |
Proteins, and other polymers | Read Chapter 3 in the textbook,web page | |
Nucleic acids | Chapter sections 3.10 to 3.20,web page | |
Sizes of cells and molecules; different kinds of microscopes | Chapter sections 4.1-4.3, web page | |
Membranes, and membrane structure and function | Chapter sections 4.5-4.19,web page | |
Procaryotes, eucaryotes, and organelles | Chapter 4, web page | |
Energy, entropy, Brownian movement, osmotic pressure, membrane voltages | Chapter 5 | |
Energy coupling: ATP, NAD, FAD, "Chemiosmosis" | Chapter 6,web page | |
Mitochondria, and why they evolved from symbiotic bacteria. | Chapter 6, web page | |
Photosynthesis (Chloroplasts also evolved from symbiotic procaryotes!) | Chapter 7, web page | |
Mitosis and the cell cycle | Chapter 8, web page | |
Meiosis | Chapter 8, web page | |
Genes and Mendel | Chapter 9, web page | |
Genes are made of DNA | Chapter 10, web page | |
How DNA base sequences code for protein amino acid sequences | Chapter 10, web page | |
DNA synthesis, RNA transcription and translation (=protein synthesis) | web page | |
DNA technology | Chapters 11 and 12; also section 32.16 | |
Scientific methods; "Model organisms" ; Genetic Screens, Bioassays, Journals | web page, very important! | |
Evidence for Darwinian evolution | Chapter 13, web page | |
More about evolution | Chapter 13, web page | |
Evolutionary history | Chapters 15 and 16, web page | |
Viruses | Sections 10.17-10.22, web page | |
Protists | Chapter 17, web page | |
Plants | Chapter 17, web page | |
Fungi | Chapter 17, , web page | |
Multicellular animals | Chapters 18 and 19, web page | |
The mechanism of nerve impulses | Chapter 28, web page, very important! | |
Nerve synapses and how nerve gas works | Chapter 28, web page | |
The immune system; allergies, vaccines. etc. | Chap.24 (which has many mistakes), web page, very important! | |
Animal behavior and sociobiology | Chapter 37, web page | |
Ecosystems and conservation | Chapter 38, web page |