BCH190 The Way We Work With Life
Study Guide Quiz 01, 2006

1. A chemical unit consisting of negatively charged electrons orbiting a positively charged nucleus is:


2. The order that best represents size from the smallest to the largest biological entities is:


3. A genome is:


4. Observation of and wonder at the workings of nature are what initiate “why” and “how” type questions. Science is a system of:


5. The DNA double helix structure was discovered over fifty years ago by


6. An ultracentrifuge consists of a rotor that spins tubes containing materials and is:


7. Science considers "simple molecules" as:


8. An example of chain molecules would be?


9. DNA stands for:


10. Prokaryotic cells:


11. A small, specialized structure surrounded by a membrane that is self-sustaining and able to duplicate itself is called:

12. The endosymbiont hypothesis:

13. Eukaryotic cells:

14. Microscopes, including both light and electron microscopes, have allowed the observation of an otherwise invisible world. Emily Dickinson is quoted that “‘Faith is a fine invention when gentleman can see-but microscopes are prudent in an emergency”. This indicates that:


15. When we muse about the question “What is Life?- What impresses us at first glance, is its diversity. But we also are interested in its unity. What feature seems to be shared by all living organisms on this planet?


16. What is biotechnology? Biotechnology is:


17. The first draft of the human genome was published in the Journal Nature in 2001. Knowing all the genes in humans may have profound affects on which areas in the future?

18. Larry Summers, the President of Harvard University said in April 2005 that “I believe that when the history of this period is written 250 years from now, what happens in the life sciences and biotechnology during the next quarter-century is likely to be a large part of it.” This is most likely because


19. There is currently a wide gap between the knowledge of the general public about DNA, recent advances in biology and biotechnology, as well as the actual applications in the real world most likely because

20. Common patterns which are found in the bodies of different organisms are said to be?