This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Ecology. Learning Objectives:

Part One:

Describe resource, resource partitioning, character displacement, and the niche concept
Identify factors responsible for species to occupy defined niches; distinguish between fundamental and realized niches and explain an example of this concept.
Recognize the positive, neutral, and negative pairwise effects that a species can have on another species and be able to name and define the following interspecific interactions competition, predation/parasitism/herbivory, and mutualism.
Explain how competition reduces fitness for both species involved and explain the long-term consequences of competition: coexistence, competitive exclusion, resource partitioning, and character displacement
Give a biological example of a mutualism and describe how mutualisms are vulnerable to cheating.
Explain how predators can exert strong selection on prey.

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Ecology. Learning Objectives

Define ecology and describe the major sub-disciplines: behavior, population ecology, community ecology
Recognize the temperature and precipitation profile for 6 terrestrial biomes and the ocean biome
Explain the physical features of Earth that cause patterns in atmospheric and ocean circulation and lead to discrete regions of climate (temperature and precipitation patterns) with associated plant and animal communities (e.g. biomes)
Predict how changes in climate can alter species ranges and biome locations (climate change effects)

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Ecology. Learning Objectives:

Part One:

Define population, population size, population density, geographic range, exponential growth, carrying capacity, logistic growth, and metapopulation.
Compare and distinguish between geometric and logistic population growth equations and the resulting growth curves
Recognize that population growth rate is constant with exponential growth, but that population growth rate slows with logistic growth with a carrying capacity.
Compare and contrast factors that regulate population size, and, looking at a graph, be able to analyze it and determine if regulation is influenced by density

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Molecules and Metabolism. Learning Objectives

Distinguish organic molecules from inorganic.
Identify the 4 major molecular components of biomass.
Match each biological macromolecule with the type of subunit building block and the bond that links the subunits into polymers.
Identify the main cellular functions for each type of macromolecule.
Distinguish between DNA and RNA.
Identify the 4 levels of structure in proteins, and what bonds, forces or interactions are responsible for each level of structure (primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary).
Relate how changes in subunits affect the structure and function of macromolecules (particularly proteins).

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Molecules and Metabolism. Learning Objectives

Identify the conditions that increase oxygenase activity of Rubisco
[Describe how the oxygenase activity of Rubisco impairs photosynthetic efficiency] -for Fall 2016, only need to recall that oxygenase activity reduces photosynthetic efficiency
Distinguish C3 and C4 schemes for carbon fixation
Weigh the advantages and disadvantages of C3 versus C4
Compare and contrast photosynthesis and respiration, and their relationship in the global carbon and oxygen cycles.

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Molecules and Metabolism. Learning Objectives

Explain how plants and other photoautotrophs create biomass mostly from carbon dioxide in the air.
Describe the interdependence of the light reactions and carbon fixation reactions
Predict how disruptions in the Calvin cycle affect concentrations of key compounds
Describe the activities and functions of Rubisco
Calculate the numbers of Calvin cycle turns, ATP molecules and NADPH molecules required to generate a molecule of glucose

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Molecules and Metabolism. Learning Objectives

Distinguish cell structure differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
Explain current theories for evolution of eukaryotic structures such as the endomembrane system, nucleus, and independent organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts
Trace the route of membranes and proteins through the endomembrane system
Identify the functions of the various parts of the endomembrane system
Locate the sites of synthesis for cytoplasmic and secreted proteins, and proteins that function in mitochondria and chloroplasts
Distinguish the roles of microtubules and microfilaments

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Molecules and Metabolism. Learning Objectives

Explain how the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics applies to living organisms
Predict the direction of reactions from Gibbs free energy changes, and vice versa
Distinguish between steady-state (homeostasis) and chemical equilibrium
Use energy diagrams to explain how catalysts increase rates of reaction
Plot enzyme kinetics: initial velocity as a function of substrate concentration
Distinguish between competitive and noncompetitive inhibition
Distinguish between binding of substrate and binding of allosteric regulators to enzymes

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Molecules and Metabolism. Learning Objectives

Identify what cellular metabolic pathways can operate in the absence of respiration
Predict how cellular pathways respond to the absence of terminal electron acceptors
Compare and contrast how NAD+ is regenerated in respiration and fermentation
Compare and contrast eukaryotic and prokaryotic metabolic pathways
Cite evidence to support the endosymbiotic origin of mitochondria

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Molecules and Metabolism. Learning Objectives

Explain the fluid mosaic model of cellular membranes, in terms of membrane structure, composition, and dynamics
Identify the membrane lipids that are unique to each of the 3 domains of life
Predict how variation in membrane lipid composition affects the fluidity and integrity of membranes
Predict the direction of water transport across the membrane under different conditions of salt and osmolarity.
Distinguish among the types of transport (simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion, and active transport), based on their kinetics and energy requirements.

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Molecules and Metabolism. Learning Objectives

Name and order the pathways for metabolism of glucose to carbon dioxide during cellular respiration
Identify the major inputs and outputs of each pathway, in terms of carbon compounds, electron carriers, and energy captured by substrate-level phosphorylation of ADP to ATP
Identify which pathways are used for catabolism of proteins and fats
Locate the pathways in the cell, for both prokaryotes and eukaryotes

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Molecules and Metabolism. Learning Objectives :

Identify whether an organism is a heterotroph, photoautotroph or chemoautotroph based on their sources of energy and organic carbon
Explain the difference between substrate-level phosphorylation and oxidative phosphorylation
Explain how ATP synthase exploits the proton motive force to make ATP
Explain how proton gradients are generated across membranes
Identify what molecule is oxidized, and what molecule is reduced in a redox reaction
Explain the role of NAD+/NADH as an electron shuttle
Compare and contrast aerobic and anaerobic respiration

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Molecules and Metabolism. Learning Objectives

Describe the properties of light as energy
Distinguish phototrophism in some archaea versus photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and chloroplasts
Distinguish the capabilities of photosystem I vs photosystem II
Describe the innovation that led to oxygenic photosynthesis in cyanobacteria
Compare photophosphorylation to oxidative phosphorylation
Trace the flow of electrons in the light reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Genes and Genomes. Learning Objectives

Describe the chromosomal makeup of a cell using the terms chromosome, sister chromatid, homologous chromosome, diploid, haploid, and tetrad
Recognize the function and products of mitosis and meiosis
Compare and contrast the behaviors of chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis
Recognize when cells are diploid vs. haploid
Predict DNA content of cells in different phases of mitosis and meiosis
Recall and describe the phases of the cell cycle
Relate the cell cycle stages to changes in DNA content

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Genes and Genomes. Learning Objectives

Define the chromosome theory of inheritance as “genes are located on chromosomes�
Use phenotypic ratios to determine if genes are sex-linked
Predict possible offspring types and phenotypic ratios in the case of sex linkage
Apply pedigree analysis to distinguish between dominant, recessive, and sex-linked traits
Define linkage as departure from independent assortment

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Genes and Genomes. Learning Objectives

Know that DNA is the genetic material by explaining the classic experimental evidence that DNA encodes genetic information, starting with bacterial transformation
Describe the key features of the Watson-Crick model of DNA structure, including double helix, base-pairing, antiparallel orientation of strands, and types of bonds
Predict outcomes from different modes of DNA replication in the Meselson-Stahl experiment
Describe the basic machinery and process of DNA replication and predict outcomes if some elements of that machinery were missing or nonfunctional
Explain how the properties of DNA polymerase and the structure of DNA causes DNA to be replicated differently for the leading and lagging strands

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Genes and Genomes. Learning Objectives :
Describe the Central Dogma of molecular biology
Know the general functions of the three major types of RNA (mRNA, rRNA, tRNA).
Describe the DNA sequence motifs and proteins required to initiate transcription.
Predict the RNA transcribed from a DNA sequence identified as either the template strand or the coding strand.
Use the genetic code to predict the protein amino acid sequence translated from an mRNA sequence.
Describe the process of and key components required for translation.
Predict the likely effects of mutations in DNA on protein amino acid sequence, structure and function
Compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic transcription and translation

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Genes and Genomes. Learning Objectives

Describe the role of protein:DNA interactions in regulating transcription initiation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Distinguish positive regulation from negative regulation
Identify similarities and differences in gene regulation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes including mechanisms of gene co-regulation, presence of chromatin in eukaryotes, and post-transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes
Use a gene regulatory system model such as the lac operon to predict the effects of mutations in various components

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Genes and Genomes. Learning Objectives

Define “genome� as “the complete set of genes or genetic material present in a cell or organism�
Contrast the size and organization of prokaryotic versus eukaryotic genomes
Explain why genome size does not predict organismal complexity or phylogeny, and vice versa
Describe the content of the human and mammalian genomes
Describe the current and potential applications of massively parallel DNA sequencing technology

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Genes and Genomes. Learning Objectives

Know and use the vocabulary needed to discuss genetic inheritance including gene, allele, dominant, recessive, gamete, genotype, phenotype, homozygote, heterozygote, carrier
Explain how chromosomal separation at meiosis leads to segregation of alleles in gametes
Explain how alignment at metaphase results in independent assortment of (unlinked) genes
Construct and use a Punnett square for a single trait and for two traits using appropriate terminology
Determine possible offspring types and phenotypic ratios using probability rules