What are the subatomic particles that make up an atom?

 What are the subatomic particles that make up an atom?

 

What are atomic number and atomic weight? How do you use these to determine the number of protons, neutrons and electrons?

 

Understand the different types of bonds – ionic, covalent and hydrogen

 Be familiar with the general differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells as presented in lecture

 What are the three main shapes of bacterial cells?

 

What are the different bacterial cell arrangements that are possible?

 

With regard to carbohydrates, what are the functions, what are the building blocks (monomers) and what are isomers?

 

With regard to proteins, what are the functions, what are the building blocks (monomers) and what are the 4 levels of structure?

 

With regard to the glycocalyx, what are the basic differences among the capsule, slime layer, and extracellular polymeric substance (EPS)?

 

Know the terminology for the location of the flagella, parts of the flagella, how bacteria move and the reasons for movement

 

What are axial filaments?

 

What are the functions of fimbriae and pili?

 

Be familiar with the composition of the bacterial cell wall and the difference in gram-positive and gram-negative cells.

 

Where are lipids found in the cell?

 

Understand the processes of passive diffusion (simple and facilitated), osmosis, active transport and group translocation.

 

List the internal structures of bacterial cells.

 

What is the difference between sporulation and germination?

 

What type of cell has cilia?

 

What are similarities and differences in structure and function between prokaryotic and eukaryotic plasma membranes?

 

How are eukaryotic ribosomes similar and different compared to prokaryotic ribosomes?

 

Know the function of the eukaryotic organelles