The Study Game

[oppp7]

To help me study for 4 upcoming tests, I've decided to make a forum game out of it to Simultaneously. Just post some random fact you're studying for a class.
If you're not in a class then post some random fact about anything.

1 molecule of glucose can produce 38 ATP.

 

[Fury Is Me.]

Plants carry water from their leaves to their roots using a vascular tube called a Xylem and nutrients from the roots to the leaves using a vascular tube called a Phloem.

 

[oppp7]

Class Polychaeta: -largest annelid class >10000 species
-marine
-head usually well-developed
-metanephridia for excretion
Examples: Nereis, Spirobranchus, Arenicola, Aphrodita

 

[Fury Is Me.]

Canus Lupus The Binomial Nomenclature for the species "Wolf".
Canus Domesticus The Binomial Nomenclature for the species "Dog".
The Binomial Nomenclature names the Genus and Species names of a species. If the first two words of two different species match, they're of the same Genus.

 

[oppp7]

Some bacteria have motility and grouping together as evolutionary protections against antibiotics.

 

[Dr.Susse]

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
You can only eat "like a horse" if you put away 15 lbs. of hay, and 9 lbs. of grain daily.

 

[Fury Is Me.]

"Screech" is the longest, one-syllable word in the english language.

 

[oppp7]

Helicase unzips the DNA, DNA polymerase makes new DNA on the leading strand, RNA polymerase makes Okazaki fragments on lagging strand, and DNA polymerase replaces those with DNA.
Also, Ligase fills in gaps between DNA fragments on the lagging strand.

 

[Scde2]

Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

 

[oppp7]

Repression- active repressor protein and co-repressor together bind operator, physically blocks RNA polymerase.

 

[Fury Is Me.]

People with Sickle Cell Anemia are immune to Malaria because the parasite causes the blood to contract, killing it.

 

[oppp7]

Induction- repressor protein by itself binds operator and turns off transcription.

 

[saxist01]

Male snakes have two penises . . . peni . . . penal appendages. Helps with the angles.

 

[Scde2]

Italians are from Italy

 

[Fury Is Me.]

Pollenation is not the same as fertilization.

 

[oppp7]

Italians are from Italy

OMG I had no idea!

OT: Frameshift mutation- insert or delete nucleotides; destroy protein

 

[Uncreative]

Necrotizing fasciitis is the full name of the flesh eating disease.

 

[Scde2]

40 when written "forty" is the only number with letters in alphabetical order, while "one" is the only one with letters in reverse order.

 

[Fury Is Me.]

After 2 weeks, your body will have shed every skin cell in it's body, giving you new skin.

 

[oppp7]

Point mutation- substitute one base for another. May or may not change protein.