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The connections between 2 cells that allow molecule to pass between them would be ____ while the strongest connections would be called ____
gap junctions, desmosomes
In the formation of a protein, the wrong or incorrect amino acid could have either a major effect or no effect, depending on what the error does to the protein function
T or F
True
The nucleolus is located in the ____ whereas free robosomes are found in the ____
nucleus, cytoplasm
The movement of molecules in and out of a cell by permeases/faciliated diffusion
-requires a carrier and no expenditure of chemical energy
-moves particles from a region of high collisions to a region of lower collisions
Identical twins are not genetically identical whereas fraternal twins have the same genetic info
T or F
False
The golgi apparatus functions in ___
packaging molecules like glycoproteins and hydrolytic enzymes into vacuoles for export out of the cell
Carrying capacity is reached or occurs when the population growth is ____
leveling off
Organelles like mitochondria can be destroyed and digested by lysosomes, while not longer needed proteins are removed by proteosomes
T or F
True
The cell cycles has a built-in molecular brake to stop cells from dividing continuously in stage____, which also has some control over cancer
G-0
If the concentration of sugar/glucose is 10x more concentrated in a cell than outside the cell, yet sugar/glucose is continuously moving into the cell against a concentration gradient. The process by which sugar/glucose moves is called ____
active trasport
Fossil fuels are formed from ____ of dead animals, plants and prokaryotes
all foodstuffs
The order of nucleotides in the DNA determines the order/sequence ____
of the amino acids in protein
What is the sequence of bases on the messenger RNA copied from this I-DNA strands?
UUGGAAGUGGGA
The most important part of the scientific method that is used to prove or disprove an educated guess-
experimentation
Pasteur's experiments proved that life, like bacteria/prokayotes,
came from air, not nutrients
A population of animals grows
both geomatrically and arithmetically
Increases in amounts of available food might cause the carrying capacity to decrease
T or F
True
Rather than gaining or losing electrons Carbon atoms form ____ covalent bonds because it takes too much energy to gain or lose two electrons
two
Life is probably built around the carbon atom because carbon can form millions of carbon compounds such as- proteins carbs, DNA, RNA and lipids
T or F
True
Huxley, 1825-1895, stated that the scientific method is "nothing but trained or organized common sense"
T or F
True
Whereas amino acids are held together by ____ bonds, disaccharides consist of two monosaccharides bonded together by ____ bonds and fats are formed from ester bonds
peptide, glycosidic, ester
Because it decompses very slowly, which of the foodstuffs would be most important in forming fossil fuels?
starch
Transcription occurs in the ____. whereas translation offurs on the ___
nucleus, ribosomes
There are no dietary essentail ____ only nine dietary essentail ____ and for most animals
sugars, amino acids
Saturated fatty acids have one, two or more double bonds and are less dangerous to the cardiovascular system than unsaturated fatty acids, which have single bonds
T or F
False
Dietary essential amino acids for animals are not synthesized in large enough quantities or must be synthesized by some other organism
T or F
True
Because water _____ water will dissolbe more molecules than any other liquid
is dipolar with weak positive and negative charges
Fats/lipids, both solids and oils, contain three fatty acids bonded to glycerol
T or F
True
The world is facing a ____ shortage, or actually a shortage of ____
protein, dietary essential amino acids
The role or function of the enzyme, aminoacyl TRNA synthetase, is to place another amino acid on the ____
TRNA
Plant leaves and stems are usually high in ____
fiber like lignin and cellulose
In very young children deficiencies in ____ cause Kawashiorkor which does not result in ____
protein, bloated look
Which of the following are true about nucleic acids like DNA?
-largest of biological molecules
-carry genetic info (DNA)
-codes for and forms protein molecules
-codes for and forms the molecules of ribosomal RNA, transfer RNA, and messenger RNA
Vitamins are organic molecules that are needed in small amounts are are necessary for survival and growth, but are made by plants and not made by animals
T or F
True
Vitamins include A, B, C, D, E, K are made by man because they are mecessary for survival
T or F
False
The sweetest sugar is ____, cane sugar is ____, and milk sugar is ____
fructose, sucrose, lactose
The most abundant/common atoms in foodstuffs and the ones life is built around would be which of the following elements/atoms?
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
A positive subatomic particle would be called a/an ____ while a negative subatomic particle would be called a/an ____ and a neutral particle would be a ____
proton, electron, neutron
In osmosis, movement or diffusion of water is always from the solution with the higher water concentration/more water molecules because of more collisions. Collisions are greatest in hot rather than cold water
T or F
True
The ribosomes function in ____
reading the MRNA
As a source of protein in nutrition, among seeds, ____ would have the lowest quality/less dietary essential amino acids
corn
Protein synthesis for use by the cell rather than export out of the cell occurs primarily on ____
the free/unbound ribosomes
The sharing of electrons is called ____ while bonds formed from gain and loss of electrons are called ____
hydrogen bonding, covalent bonding
Name the structure/organelle where the synthesis/production of TRNA and robosomal RNA takes place
nucleolus
Proteins that form little spools on which the chromosomal DNA is wound are called ____
histones
The order of the ____ determines the shape and function of a protein
amino acids
The universal genetic code uses how many bases side by side in the "I" strand?
three
During DNA replication during cell division ____ are joined by ____
deoxyribonucleotides, DNa polymerase
Simple sugars are monosacchorides with 6 carbons would be ____
hexose sugar like glucose and fructose
The building blocks of nucleic acids are nucleotides, which consist of ____
-pentose sugar
-phosphate
-purines and pyrimidines
Which of the folliwing fuels does not produce carbon dioxide?
nuclear
in the scientific method, controls differ from Experimentals in only one variable
T or F
True
As an economist he "opposed aiding the poor because he thought aid/help would only compound their misery by allowing their numbers to grow" who said this?
Malthus
Because of two events/revolutions so to speak, the world entered exponential growth. The first one was ____ 1450 AD and the second one ____ 1950s
industrial revolution, medical
The organization of life starting with simplest form would be ____
cells, tissues, organs, organ systems
Eukaryotes include all but ____ because eukaryotes have a nucleus
bacteria
Plants convery light energy into chemical energy when they make carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water
T or F
True
Dehydration reactions occur when the building blocks of foodstuffs are hooked/bonded together, while hydration is used to break these bonds
T or F
True
Neutral fats are deposited under the skin, whereasphospholipids and cholesterol are used in cell membranes
T or F
True
DNA and RNA are made of only six different molecules and are still capable containing all the cells genetic info
T or F
True
A strong oxidizing agent like chlorine tends to give up electrons to other atoms
T or F
False
The most reactive atoms have their outer orbitals full of electrons like helium
T or F
False
Non-living things would not have which of the following characteristics?
adaptability and assimilation
That reactions go from useable energy to non-useable energy or to more random, or more entropy, or things run down hill, or no free lunch law, are all statements that apply to the ____ law of thermodynamics
second
The cells need which type off energy from foodstuffs ____
chemical
One of the following statements about water are true?
-the solvent or liquid of life on earth is water
-the amount of water on Earth is not decreasing
-waters distribution changes from season to season, and time to time
-we, the world, are not running out of water
cells that normally do not divide would include ____ because they lack a nucleus and thus genetic info
RBC's
The longest pary of the cell cycle and when a cell does its job, cell increases in mass back to initial size, number of cytoplasmic compnents and organelles double, and DNA is duplicated or replicated
interphase
Hydrogen has is the fuel of tomorrow because it is so abundant
T or F
False
Global warming is ____
has been occuring for 20,000 yrs
Organelles, like mitochondria, move over great distance rapidly in a cell via _____ moving on
molecular motors, microfilaments
The stacks of green "coins" are called ____ and occur in the ____
thylakoids, chloroplasts
Considered to be the fuel of life is ____ while the liquid of life is ____
Sugars, water
No nucleus, no other organelles and a double membrane like mitochondria would be ____
prokaryotic cell
Motile appendages on a cell that look like hundreds of hairs, are known as
cilia
Genes are segments of DNA carrying instructions for a polypeptide/protein chain that uses triplets of nucleotide bases form the genetic library of 64 codons with synonyms
T or F
True
The most serious problem facing humans today and is responsible for all the rest is ____
over population