Test 1 Study Guide

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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Front (Question)

What is photosynthesis?

Back (Answer)

Radiant light energy from the sun is captured and turned into glucose

Front (Question)

What is the equation for photosynthesis?

Back (Answer)

6CO2 + 6H20 -> C6H12O6 + 6O2

Front (Question)

What is the word Botany derived from?

Back (Answer)

Greek for plants but derived from a verb ‘to feed;

Front (Question)

What are transgenic plants?

Back (Answer)

genetically engineered and can produce- Disease resistance Production of vaccines and other molecules Resistance to freezing Tolerance of high salt soil Productino of higher levels of vitamins and nutrients

Front (Question)

Name what event Occurred: 4.6 Billion years ago?

Back (Answer)

Earth forms

Front (Question)

Name what event Occurred: 4.5-3.8 billion years ago?

Back (Answer)

extreme metor bombardment

Front (Question)

Name what event Occurred: 3.8-2.2 billion years ago?

Back (Answer)

oxygen is produced but forms iron oxides

Front (Question)

Name what event Occurred: 3.5 billion years ago?

Back (Answer)

1st signs of life (prokayotes)

Front (Question)

Name what event Occurred: 1.5 billion years ago?

Back (Answer)

1st signs of eukaryotic organisms

#10

Front (Question)

Name what event Occurred: 700 million years ago

Back (Answer)

oxygen begins to accumulated first multicellular organisms

#11

Front (Question)

Name what event Occurred: 570-510 million years ago?

Back (Answer)

oxygen starts to approach modern levels

#12

Front (Question)

Name what event Occurred: 500 million years?

Back (Answer)

invasion of land by plants

#13

Front (Question)

Name what event Occurred: 400 million years ago?

Back (Answer)

mosses and ferns appear

#14

Front (Question)

Name what event Occurred: 360 million years ago?

Back (Answer)

amphibians approach land

#15

Front (Question)

Name what event Occurred: 290 million years ago?

Back (Answer)

forests of cycads, primitive conifers, ginko

#16

Front (Question)

Name what event Occurred: 245 million years ago?

Back (Answer)

forests of gymnosperms and ferns

#17

Front (Question)

Name what event Occurred: 145 million years ago?

Back (Answer)

angiosperms appear

#18

Front (Question)

Name what event Occurred: 1.6 million years ago?

Back (Answer)

appearance of modern humans

#19

Front (Question)

Name what event Occurred: 10,000 years ago?

Back (Answer)

rise of agriculture, cultivation of crops

#20

Front (Question)

What are the two types of prototype cell membranes? What did they begin with?

Back (Answer)

Microspheres- begins with amino acids Coacervates- begings with phospholipids

#21

Front (Question)

What are stromatolites?

Back (Answer)

fossilized microbial mats containing filamentous and other microorganisms trapped in sediment

#22

Front (Question)

Whats the makeup of prokaryotic bacteria?

Back (Answer)

Consists of very simple cell type, lacks nucleus

#23

Front (Question)

What is the makeup of eukaryotic bacteria?

Back (Answer)

has a ‘true’ nucleus and membrane bound organelles

#24

Front (Question)

What is the Endosymbiotic theory of eukaryotic cell evolution?

Back (Answer)

Both mitochondria and chloroplasts are decendants of bacteria taken by host cell