# Markdown notes cheat sheet

A compact reference for writing clean study notes in Markdown. Keep this file
open while you draft, and copy the skeleton at the bottom for new notes.

Reference: [Daring Fireball — Markdown Syntax](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax)
Guide: [Luma — Markdown note-taking guide](https://lumanote.org/blog/markdown-note-taking-guide)

## Headings

```
# Unit 4: Cellular Respiration
## Glycolysis
### Key enzymes
```

## Emphasis

```
Mitochondria are the *primary* site of ATP production, but **glycolysis**
happens in the cytoplasm. Don't confuse ***aerobic*** and anaerobic paths.
```

## Lists

Unordered:

```
- Glycolysis
- Krebs cycle
- Electron transport chain
```

Ordered:

```
1. Pyruvate enters the mitochondrial matrix
2. Acetyl-CoA is formed
3. The Krebs cycle begins
```

Nested:

```
- Photosynthesis
  - Light-dependent reactions
    - Occur in the thylakoid membrane
  - Calvin cycle
    - Occurs in the stroma
```

## Links

```
See the [lab safety checklist](https://lumanote.org/blog/markdown-note-taking-guide)
before Thursday's experiment.
```

## Blockquotes

```
> "Energy can be neither created nor destroyed, only converted from one
> form to another." — First Law of Thermodynamics
```

## Inline code and fenced code blocks

Inline code for short terms: use backticks like `ATP synthase` or `NAD+`.

For a code block that itself needs to show triple backticks (for example,
when documenting how to write a fenced block), wrap the whole example in a
four-backtick fence so the inner fence stays literal:

````
```python
def atp_yield(glucose_molecules):
    return glucose_molecules * 32
```
````

## Task lists (GFM)

```
- [x] Read Chapter 9
- [x] Summarize glycolysis
- [ ] Draw the electron transport chain
- [ ] Review with study group
```

## Tables (GFM)

```
| Stage              | Location      | Net ATP |
| ------------------- | ------------- | ------- |
| Glycolysis          | Cytoplasm     | 2       |
| Krebs cycle         | Matrix        | 2       |
| Electron transport  | Inner membrane| ~34     |
```

## Reusable study-note skeleton

Copy this block to start a new topic note:

```
# [Topic]

**Date:** [date]  **Source:** [textbook / lecture / reading]

## Key idea
[One or two sentences in your own words]

## Details
- [Supporting point]
- [Supporting point]

## Questions
- [ ] [Something to clarify]

## Summary
[Two or three sentences you could say out loud from memory]
```