Biology 11 Section 3 Mon Wed Fri 10-11 Manning Hall room 209 Albert Harris
Office Fordham Hall room 403 Office Hours MWF 11-12 Friday 2-5
Textbook: Fourth edition "Biology : Concepts and Connections" By Campbell, Reece, Mitchell etc.
 

EXAMS 3 hour exams; 1 final (3 hours)
You can drop the lowest grade of the 3 hour exams, and then count the final as 50%;
or if your final exam turns out to be your lowest grade, then final counts 40%

 

FINAL EXAM Friday, Dec.16 at 8:00 AM (Eight O'Clock in the Morning!)

THE EXAM WILL TEST THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

   
   
 Kinds of living things: bacteria, archaea, plants, algae, fungi, animals Chapter 1,web page
   
 Biological ChemistryRead Chapter 2 in the textbook, web page, very important!
   
 Proteins, and other polymersRead Chapter 3 in the textbook,web page
   
 Nucleic acidsChapter sections 3.10 to 3.20,web page
   
 Sizes of cells and molecules; different kinds of microscopesChapter sections 4.1-4.3, web page
   
 Membranes, and membrane structure and functionChapter sections 4.5-4.19,web page
   
 Procaryotes, eucaryotes, and organellesChapter 4, web page
   
 Energy, entropy, Brownian movement, osmotic pressure, membrane voltagesChapter 5
   
 Energy coupling: ATP, NAD, FAD, "Chemiosmosis"Chapter 6,web page
   
 Mitochondria, and why they evolved from symbiotic bacteria.Chapter 6, web page
   
 Photosynthesis (Chloroplasts also evolved from symbiotic procaryotes!) Chapter 7, web page
   
  Mitosis and the cell cycleChapter 8, web page
   
 MeiosisChapter 8, web page
   
 Genes and MendelChapter 9, web page
   
 Genes are made of DNAChapter 10, web page
   
 How DNA base sequences code for protein amino acid sequencesChapter 10, web page
   
 DNA synthesis, RNA transcription and translation (=protein synthesis) web page
   
 DNA technologyChapters 11 and 12; also section 32.16
   
 Scientific methods; "Model organisms" ; Genetic Screens, Bioassays, Journalsweb page, very important!
   
 Evidence for Darwinian evolutionChapter 13, web page
   
 More about evolutionChapter 13, web page
   
 Evolutionary historyChapters 15 and 16, web page
   
 VirusesSections 10.17-10.22, web page
   
 ProtistsChapter 17, web page
   
 PlantsChapter 17, web page
   
 FungiChapter 17, , web page
   
 Multicellular animalsChapters 18 and 19, web page
   
 The mechanism of nerve impulsesChapter 28, web page, very important!
   
 Nerve synapses and how nerve gas worksChapter 28, web page
   
 The immune system; allergies, vaccines. etc.Chap.24 (which has many mistakes), web page, very important!
   
  Animal behavior and sociobiology Chapter 37, web page
   
 Ecosystems and conservation Chapter 38, web page