BIO
110 Introduction to Biology
BIO
110 Fall 2011
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Instructor:
Susan O. Baker, Associate Professor of Science
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Phone: 621-3285; 1-877-UMA-1234 ext
3285, email: sbak@maine.edu
COURSE INFORMATION:
- Lecture: Tuesday
1:00 pm - 3:45 pm; 180 Jewett Hall
- Laboratory
Sections: 290 Jewett Hall
- Tuesday,
10:00 – noon
- Tuesday,
4:00 – 6:00 pm
- Thursday
4:00 – 6:00 pm
COURSE LINKS
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Laboratory
Syllabus – to be posted soon
· Textbook's Web Page - highly recommended, password required
Another
textbook’s website – free, has good practice tests
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Graduate of the BIO program (and BIO 110 lab instructor)
volunteering in Haiti last January as a part of BIO 489 Perspectives in Global
Health.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Last Exam - 12/13.
PowerPoint Slides – I will be
updating page numbers as we go so that they agree with the new edition of the
text.
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CH 1:
Biology: Exploring Life
- updated
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CH 2: The
Chemical Basis of Life - updated
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CH 3: The
Molecules of Life - updated
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CH 4:
A Tour of the Cells - updated
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CH
5:
Membrane Structure and Function – updated
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CH 5:
Energy – updated
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CH 6:
How Cells Harvest Energy – revised (again) 11/6/11
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CH 8:
The Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance (How Cells Divide)
– updated, I will provide copies of these slides
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CH 9:
Patterns of Inheritance with a focus on Human Genetics
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CH 10:
From DNA to RNA to Protein
QUIZ INFORMATION – Late quizzes will not be accepted.
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Quiz #1:
due 9/13, Quiz #1 with Answers
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Quiz #2:
due 9/20, Quiz #2 with answers
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Quiz #3: due
9/27, Quiz #3 with answers
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Quiz #4: due 10/18, Quiz #4 with
answers
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Quiz #5: due 10/25, Quiz #5 with
answers
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Quiz #6:, Quiz # 6 with
answers
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Quiz #7: Quiz
#7 with answers
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Quiz # 8 – Cell Division related
– due 12/6
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Quiz #9 – DNA related – due 12/13
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Quiz # 10 –due 12/13
Chapter Learning Objectives and Potential
Essay Questions
Exam
#1: 9/27
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Learning Objectives, CH 1-3 –
what you need to know for the first exam,
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Potential Essay Questions for Exam #1
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More information on denaturing agents
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Practice
Exam to help you
prepare for the Lecture Exam
Exam
#2: 11/1
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Learning Objectives and Potential Essay for Exam#2
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Cell Structure Handout – without answers
o Cell Structure Handout with answers
o Exam #2 Practice Test Questions
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CH 4 Practice Multiple Choice Questions –
from your text’s website
o Another textbook’s website – free, has good practice tests…I highly recommend you take the CH 4 test on this website in preparation for the exam on 11/1
o Animation of the Endomembrane System
o Great overview of eukaryotic cell structures
Exam
#3: 11/22
o Learning Objectives and Essay for: Chapter 5.10-5.16, Chapter 6 - updated, 11/5/11
o Animation of the Electron Transport Chain/System
o The Electron Transport Chain - The Movie!
o Practice Test Questions –
Updated. There are not really any direct
questions on the facts that each NADH results in the synthesis of 2.5 ATP and
each FADH2 results in 1.5 ATP being made. Be sure you know this and know why they
make a different number of ATP att he ETC.
· Answers to Practice Test Questions – also updated
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Aerobic
respiration Handout from class …answers NOW posted, This is
on the exam…answers posted!
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Take
the CH 6 and CH 8 quizzes at this website to prepare for the exam
Exam
#4: Due 12/6
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Genetics Take
Home Exam
– This is the version of the exam with the questions, links to related
websites, and background information on the traits. It does not have room for answers. The next link will take you to a version
of the exam with room for your answers.
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Genetics Exam answer sheet, but without all of the very useful
links and background information found at the version of the exam above!
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Breast
Cancer videos Check Your Genes, Genetic
Mutations, BRCA
Exam
#5: 12/13
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Learning
Objectives for the Last Exam
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Cell Division Quiz – answers
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Practice Quiz related to DNA - answers
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Practice Quiz related to RNA and Translation
– answers
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Mitosis Animation –….Another
mitosis video…one more!
FYI.....there are many good
YouTube videos on mitosis!
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I checked …new research shows that the cetntrioles
duplicate in prophase II, so there are centriole pairs in meiosis II.
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Mitosis/Meiosis
Labeling Handout – make sure you can complete this handout
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DNA
à
RNA à
Protein Practice Handout with answers – new,
good practice for the exam
o Rosalind Franklin - interesting reading