Let's Sing Biology!

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--All material on this page copyright E. Link 2004.
Natural Selection
Protein Synthesis
Carbon Compound Song
Six Kingdom System
Cell Cycle
The Light Reactions

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Natural Selection     (to the tune of "Oh, Susanna")

Darwin noticed that the offspring were not all alike; 
And the parents made so many that they could not all survive.
There's always competition for the food and mates and space;
The ones with better-suited variations win the race.
        Variation:  whatever comes along ...    
        Natural selection keeps a population strong.

Better-suited individuals are the ones who mate.
Their children's generation tends to have the gene that's great.
After many years go by they'll all show these good features.
It works for protists, plants, bacteria, fungi, and all creatures.
         Variation:  whatever comes along ...
         Natural selection keeps a population strong.

Protein Synthesis     (to the tune of "Yankee Doodle")

Genes are recipes for proteins--found in DNA.
Enzymes open up the base pairs; bring in RNA.
    RNA -- transcribes the gene; 
             -- goes out of the nucleus;
             -- meets a ribosome and protein synthesis gets serious.

mRNA has the codons, each made of 3 bases.
tRNAs' anticodons try to match these places.
    tRNA brings amino acids to the scene ...
    Amino acids build a chain that folds into a protein.
    
  

The Carbon Compound Song

I am a carbohydrate made of monosaccharides ...
        Sugars and starches
        Store and give energy.
Cell -------------- ulose in plant cell walls.

My lipids have a glycerol and fatty acids, too.
        Insulation,
            Protective coatings,
            Energy storage,
        In cell membranes, ...
Wax ------------ es and fats and oils.

The building blocks of proteins are the 20 amino acids ...
        Build parts of living things,
        Carry oxygen,
        Contract those muscles,
        Give immunity,
En -------------- zymes speed reactions time.

The two nucleic acids are made of nucleotides.
        They have the code for
        How to build the proteins.
They’re D ----------------- NA and RNA.

"The Six Kingdom System"

The Six Kingdom System ...
Two prokaryotes ..
    Archaebacteria,
    Eubacteria.
Four eukaryotes ...
    Protista, Fungi, Plantae,
    Animalia.

"Cell Cycle"

Double
  Shorten
    Line up
      Split
        Lengthen
          Daughters divide

"The Light Reactions"

Who soaks up light to fling out an electron
    to a higher level
    full of energy ....
Passes it down through electron transport proteins
    to chlorophyll or NADP  (plus) ?

The chlorophyll ---------------- the chlorophyll.    The chlorophyll!
The chlorophyll ---------------- the chlorophyll.    The chlorophyll!

Water splits apart to donate the electrons   
   throw away the oxygen
    hang on to the H-plus
H-plus rush out to generate some ATP
    and fasten onto NADP  (plus) .

What is the point of all these light reactions?
Calvin Cycle needs the energy and hydrogens.
NADPH is loaded up with both of these --
Plus energy is in the ATPs.    

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