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53 Cards in this Set
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Any substance that CANNOT be broken down into a simpler substance is called what?
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ELEMENT
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The smallest unit of an ELEMENT.
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ATOM
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2 or more elements combined chemically are called what ?
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COMPOUND
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The smallest unit of a compound is called what?
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MOLECULES
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Large organic molecules used for many things and build body structures like muscles?
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PROTEINS
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What are the smaller molecules that make up proteins?
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AMINO ACIDS
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A type of protein that speeds up a chemical reaction is?
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ENZYMES
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Compounds that contain carbon are ?
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Organic compounds
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Compounds that DONOT contain carbon are ?
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INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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Energy enriched organic compounds are ?
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CARBOHYDRATES
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Carbohydrates that are used for cell parts and found in the cell walls as cellulose are ? Also found in cell membranes
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SUGARS AND STARCHES
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What contains more energy than carbohyrates?
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LIPIDS like fats, oils and waxes
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What contains the instructions that cells need to carry out functions?
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NUCLEIC ACIDS
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What's the genetic material that carries information ABOUT an organism, that is passed down from parent to offspring. It also contains information that directs all of the cell's functions?
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DNA
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What is RNA?
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It plays an important role in the production of proteins
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_____ is essential for most chemical reations within cells to take place?
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WATER
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What is the gatekeeper of the cell?
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cell membrane
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When a membrane lets some substances pass through and refuses others, it is called what?
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SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE
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The process where molecules move from an area of HIGHER CONSENTRATION to an area of lower consentration.
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DIFFUSION
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What causes diffusion?
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collison of molecules cause them to move away from each other
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What is the diffusion of water molecules called?
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OSMOSIS
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In osmosis, what kind of membrane are the water molecules crossing?
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selectively permeable membrane
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What is "using energy to move materials through a cell membrane called"?
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ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
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What is THE MOVEMENT OF MATERIAL through the cell membrane WITHOUT USING ENERGY
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PASSIVE TRANSPORTATION (osmosis, diffusion)
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Picking up protein molecules outside the cell and bringing them in is a FORM OF ______ TRANSPORTATION?
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ACTIVE
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When a ceell membrane surrounds or engulfs a particle, pinches off and forms a vacuole within the cell, it is called?
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TRANSPORTATION BY ENGULFING
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Why are cells small?
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in order for materials to effectively carried into and out of cells
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When a cell captures the energy in sunlight and uses it to make food, the process is called _____?
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PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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PHOTOSYNTHESIS uses energy in a 2 stage process to convert what?
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Carbon dioxide and water INTO oxygen and sugars
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What is a colored chemical compound that absorbs light?
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PIGMENT
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What is the main ingredient found in CHLOROPLASTS?
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CHOLORPHYLL
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What is the small openingon the underneath side of the leaves called?
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SOMATA
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kNOW THE PHOTOSYNTHESIS EQUATIONS IN YOUR NOTES
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under III. part of outline
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The process where cells withdraw energy from glucose is ?
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RESPIRATION
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SEE THE EQUATION FOR RESPIRATION IN YOUR NOTES
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under IV. part of outline
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What are the 2 stages of respiration?
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1st- in the CYTOPLASM, GLUCOSE MOLECULES broken into smaller molecules
2nd- In the MITOCHONDRIA, the small molecules are further broken down and ENERGY IS RELEASED |
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PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND _____ are opposite processes.
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Respiration
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What do we call the energy releasing process that does not require OXYGEN?
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FERMENTATION
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In LACTIC-ACID fermentation what happens?
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a process used by cells, when they use the oxygen they need faster than it can be replaced
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What happens in Alcohol Fermentation?
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Yeast and other single-celled organism ferment and produce Alcohol
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What is the first stage of the cell cycle?
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INTERPHASE
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WHAT HAPPENS IN THE INTERPHASE STAGE?
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growth-the cell DOUBLES IN SIZE
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During the interphase stage what happens to DNA?
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After growing to materity, the cell MAKES A COPY OF DNA CALLED REPLICATION
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Once DNA has been replicated, what happens next?
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preparation for CELL DIVISION begins
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What happens in the second stage of cell cycle?
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The cell's nucleus divides
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A doubled rod of condensed chromatin is ?
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CHROMOSOME
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Each identical ROD, OR STRAND, of the chromosome is named _____?
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CHROMATID
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What happens in the third and final stage of the cell cycle>
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The cytoplasm DIVIDES distributing the organelles into the two new DAUGHTER CELLS.
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What does the length of cell cycle depend on?
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the type of organism and cell
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DNA replication insures what????
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that each Daughter Cell has all of the genetic information needed to carry out activites
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What is the structure of the DNA-twisted ladder is called/
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Double Helix
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The replication process begins when?
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the two sides of the DNA unwind and separate
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Be sure to understand the :::::
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illustrations at the end of the outline! passive transportation and then the cell cycle
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