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    Cell Division

    |2.3 Cell Continuity |Objectives | |2.3 Cell continuity + Mitosis |Explain the terms: cell continuity & chromosomes. | | |Define the terms: haploid & diploid number. |

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    Organisms in a Drop of Water

    ABSTRACT Microorganisms are too small to be seen with the unaided eye, therefore, they must be observed with a microscope. Due to the fast innovations and advances in microscopy, we are now capable of examining, determining and observing them. This experiment, which utilized the hay infusion as the residing area of microorganisms, investigated the living organism in a drop of water, their manifestation of the different attributes in life. During the run of the experiment, paramecium and specie

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    Nothing

    o Not macromolecules, but complex mixtures of long-chain acyl lipids. o Forms a water-repellent surface and thereby prevent the formation of a film of water on which pathogens might be deposited and germinate (fungi) or multiply (bacteria). • Suberin o Polymer whose structure is poorly understood. o A principle component of outer cell walls of all underground organs and is associated with the cork cells of the periderm, the tissue that forms the outer bark of

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    Biology

    Biology: Concepts and Connections, 6e (Campbell) Chapter 1 Introduction: The Scientific Study of Life 1) Which of the following statements about the leopard is false? A) Leopards are the largest cat in the genus Panthera. B) Leopards, like lions, can roar. C) Leopards prefer to eat their kill in trees. D) Leopards are well-adapted for nocturnal hunting. E) Leopards are normally solitary animals. Answer: A Topic: Opening

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    Worksheet

    translocation. UNIT 3 Main Groups of Microorganisms 1. Discuss reproduction of algae and fungi. 2. Describe how protozoa are classified. Give the name of member of each group and a disease caused by that organism. 3. Outline how viruses reproduce UNIT 4 Bacteria 1. Outline the process of endospore formation 2. Draw and label the structure of flagella found in gram negative organisms 3. State the various shapes and arrangements of bacilli and cocci also giving the respective planes

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    Blood Pressure Cuffs

    Blood pressure cuffs: friend or foe? Walker N, Gupta R, Cheesbrough J. Source Department of Microbiology, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, UK. nwalker@doctors.org.uk Abstract A study to assess the level of bacterial contamination of blood pressure cuffs in use on hospital wards was performed. Viable organisms were recovered from all the 24 cuffs sampled at a density of between 1000 and >25 000 colony-forming units/100 cm2. Potential pathogens were isolated from

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    Cliff Notes

    Water Hydrolysis: Addition of H2O to break it apart. Dehydration: Removal of H2O to form a bond. Carbohydrates Monosaccharide: 2 common types Glucose (Hexopyranose RLRR), fructose Disaccharide: 3 common types glucose + fructose alpha glucocsidic bond = sucrose (table sugar) glucose + galactose beta galactosidic bond = lactose glucose + glucose = maltose Polysaccharide: 4 common types Starch: alpha 1,4 & 1,6 bonds btwn glucoses. amylose and amylopectin Glycogen: different branching than starch. Found

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    Biology: Concepts and Connections, 6e (Campbell)

    Biology: Concepts and Connections, 6e (Campbell) Chapter 1 Introduction: The Scientific Study of Life 1) Which of the following statements about the leopard is false? A) Leopards are the largest cat in the genus Panthera. B) Leopards, like lions, can roar. C) Leopards prefer to eat their kill in trees. D) Leopards are well-adapted for nocturnal hunting. E) Leopards are normally solitary animals. Answer: A Topic: Opening

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    What Is Life

    University of Phoenix Material What Is Life? Read each statement. Write a 100-word summary explaining how that media piece supports that statement and include reference citations. 1. Find a media piece—article, video, presentation, song, or other—related to the scientific method, creating hypotheses, or designing experiments. Include the link or reference citation for the piece and describe how it helped you better understand how the scientific method is used to create hypotheses and experiments

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    The Living Cell Biology

    David Hrobochak Biology 1740 Kirstin Purcell Common Book Assignment 2 The reasons you can get more proteins from the genes are because each gene is individual, and each protein has a different function. Some proteins are responsible for structural support while others are responsible for defense against germs; others are involved in bodily movement. There are 4 levels of protein structure. The first is primary, which is the sequence of amino acids that make up protein. Different proteins will

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