BIOL 101- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 49 pages long!)
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70 multiple choice questions 1/2 cumulative, 1/2 from unit 4. Describe elements of research design and how they impact conclusions. Formulate a testable hypothesis and design an experiment. Classify polysaccharides based on their structure/function in plants and animals and describe how monomers join to form them. Define lipids and explain their functions and properties in polar or non-polar solvents. Draw protein structure and depict the consequence of mutations on normal structure and function. Explain the molecular forces that hold protein structure together and how they can be disrupted. Identify how the human body uses macromolecules from food. Predict structures of the prokaryotic cell that would be antibiotic targets. Describe how a protein is synthesized and exported from a cell how disease can be caused when this process goes awry. Explain how insulin-producing cells are like dysfunctional factories when a person is diabetic. Interpret experiments about protein production and make conclusions about why protein production is impaired in cystic fibrosis.
