Vocabulary Quiz #1 Molecular Biology 1 Biology 110631, 2008 with Dr. Don DeWitt (v1 as of  9/30/08) Go to MolBio1 Assignments  or  Go to MolBio1 SiteMAP Introduction: Those people who have claimed success in biology courses will often admit that they approached biology in a similar fashion as their foreign language courses.  In other words, to understand biology, you must be able to communicate with others whether it be via input or output mode.  Therefore, vocabulary prowess is essential. This homework project will help you to tackle this challenge. Please note that this homework does NOT include all of the vocabulary you need.  It is a subset and provides you with the style of the challenge which you need to address in this course. The Challenge: This homework project is actually a study / quiz combination project.  Essentially I am providing you with 30 terms and you will be given a 20-minute quiz in which you are given ONE of the three columns of ten words.  I expect one or two sentences with a quick graphic showing what you are talking about.  Different columns will be given to students within each section. 1. nucleus 2. rough endoplasmic reticulum 3. cell wall 4. chloroplast 5. carbon atom 6. hydroxyl group 7. structural isomer 8. triose 9. hexose 10. ribose 1. nuclear pore 2. ribosome 3. endocytosis 4. cytosol 5. hydrogen atom 6. methyl group 7. geometric isomer 8. tetrose 9. glucose 10. deoxyribose 1. smooth endoplasmic reticulum 2. mitochondrion 3. Golgi apparatus 4. proteasome 5. oxygen atom 6. carbonyl 7. stereoisomer 8. pentose 9. galactose 10. glyceraldehyde Due dates and course value: The quiz has a value of 4% of your Final grade. Check the Due Dates website for the day of your assessment. There will be no retakes.  Your grade on this quiz is final.  Anyone who misses a quiz will be penalized 5% per day until you take the quiz. This document is:  http://users.bergen.org/dondew/bio/molbio/molbio1VOCAB1.html