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The tendency of water molecules to stick together. |
Cohesion |
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The tendency to form hydrogen bonds with substances other than water. |
Adhesión |
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In a _________, two or more molecules swap their atoms to yield different molecules |
Chemical reaction |
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Chemists depict these reactions as equations with the _______, is starting materials. |
Reactants |
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________ are neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction, rather they are simply rearranged. |
Atoms |
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Scientists describe molecules by writing symbols of their constituent elements. This is termed |
Molecular formula |
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Compounds that consist primarily of _____ and ______ atoms are said to bad organic. |
Carbon Hydrogen |
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All organisms consist largely of the same four types of organic molecules ______. |
Carbohydrates Proteins Nucleic acid Lipids |
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The small organic molecules - sugars, fatty acids, amino acids, and nucleotides are called _______. |
Monomers |
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A molecule that consists of multiple monomers is a _______. |
Polymer |
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Cells use a chemical reaction called ___________ to link monomers together into polymers. |
Dehydration synthesis |
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_________ is a chemical reaction that breaks the covalent bonds that link monomers. |
Hydrolysis |
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Carbohydrates are organic molecules that consist of _________ |
Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen |
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_______ are the simplest of the four main types of organic compounds. |
Carbohydrates. |
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The two main groups of carbohydrates are ______ and ____\\ |
Simple sugars Complex carbohydrates |
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The smallest and simplest carbohydrates, the ______, usually contain five or six carbon atoms. |
Monosaccharides |
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_________ are huge molecules consisting of hundreds of thousands of monosaccharides monomers. |
Polysaccharide |
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_______ are fatty, oily, or waxy organic compounds. |
Lipids |
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Many lipids incorpore ________ which are small organic molecules that consist of a carbon chain and a carboxyl group |
Fatty acids |
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________ consist of a glycerol molecule that is attached to thee fatty acid chain. |
Triglycerides |
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A ______ is a substance that consists mainly of triglycerides. |
Fat |
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A _________ has two fatty acid tails and a head that contains a phosphate group. |
Phospholipid |
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A ________ is a chain of monomers called _______ |
Protein Amino acids |
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One is a hydrogen atom, another is a carboxyl group, third is an ________, and the fourth is a side chain called ______. |
Amino group R group |
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Proteins are vulnerable to external conditions that alter their shapes. Heat, excessive salt, or the wrong ph can ______ a protein. |
Denature |
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A ________is the resulting covalent bond that links each amino acid to its neighbor. Two linked amino acids form a _______, three form a ______ |
Peptide bond Dipeptide Tripeptide |
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Long chains of amino acids are ______ |
Polypeptide |
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Each proteins primary structure is encoded in the sequence of a _____. Cells contain two types of nucleic acid, ________ |
Nucleic acid DNA RNA |
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______ are small organic molecules that function as energy carriers, enzyme helpers, chemical messages. |
Nucleotides |
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At the center is a _________ in RNA And deoxyribose in DNA |
Five carbon sugar |
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Attached to one of the sugars carbon atoms is at least one _______\ and the opposite side of the sugar a _______ |
Phosphate Nitrogenous Group |
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The cell theory states: |
Each organism consists of one or more cells Smallest unit of life All arise by division of preexisting cells Contain hereditary material |
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Cell features: |
Plasma membrane Cytoplasm DNA RNA Robsome Cystosol |
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A cells ________ separates it from the external environment. |
Plasma membrane |
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The plasma membrane enclosed a jelly like mixture of water sugars ions and proteins called |
Cytoplasm |
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Is the fluid portion of cytoplasm |
Cytosol |
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Are structures that carry out special metabolic functions inside a cell. |
Organelles |
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Every cell start out life with |
Dna |
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The dna of a eukaryotic cell is contained in a ______, an organelle with a double membrane |
Nucleus |
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All cells also contain ______ which are the structure that manufacture proteins. |
Ribosomes. |
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Biologists organized life into three domains: |
Bacteria Archaea Eukarya |
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All __\__ and _____ are single celled organisms. |
Bacteria Archaea |
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Bacteria and archaea are classified as_____ |
Prokaryotes |
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_______ are the most abundant and diverse organisms on earth. |
Bacteria |
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The _______ is the area where the cells circular dna molecule congregates. |
Núcleoid |
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Located near the DNA in the cytoplasm are the ________\_ needed to produce the cells proteins. |
Enzymes RNA molecules and ribosomes |
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A rigid _____ surrounds the cell membrane of Most bacteria, protecting the cell and preventing it from busting if it absorbs too much water. |
Cell wall |
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A rigid _____ surrounds the cell membrane of Most bacteria, protecting the cell and preventing it from busting if it absorbs too much water. |
Cell wall |
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Polysaccharides on the cell wall form a _______that adds protection or enables the cell to attach to surfaces. |
Capsule |
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______ are tail like appendages that enable these cells to move |
Flagella |
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_____\ cells like bacteria are smaller than most eukaryotic cells, and they lack a nucleus and other organelles |
Archaean |
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One obvious feature that sets _____\\ apart is their large size. Typicallly 10 to 100 times greater than ________ cells. |
Eukaryotic Prokaryotic |
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The other main difference is that the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cell is divided into_______ |
Organelles |
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A cell serves two important functions: |
It keeps the cells genetic material A nucleus controls the passage of certain molecules across its membrane. |
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The process of protein production and secretion begins in the ______ |
Nucleus |
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The mRNA molecules exit the nucleus through ______ which are holes in the double membrane ________ that separates the nucleus from the cytoplasm. |
Nucleur pores Nuclear envelope |
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Small membrane enclosed sacs called ______ form by budding from other organelles. |
Vesicles |
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The _________ is a network of sacs and tubules composed of membranes. |
Endoplasmic reticulum |
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The ______ is a stack of flat, membrane enclosed sacs that functions as a processing center. |
Golgi apparatus |
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_______ are organelles that use the process called cellular respiration to extract this needed energy from food. |
Mitochondria |
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A mitochondrion has two membraine layers: |
Outer membrane Inner membrane |
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Are the files of the inner mebrane. |
Cristae |
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Between the nucleus and plasma membrane of all eukaryotic cells is a system of protein filaments collectively called the |
Cytoskeleton |
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____ that associates with cytoskeletal elements love cells parts. |
Motor proteins. |
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Eukaryotic ______ propel sperm and other motile cells through fluid. |
Flagella |
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Are short hairlike structures that project from the surface of some eukaryotic cells. |
Cilia |
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Some eukaryotic cells including the amoeba form _____ is false feet. |
Pseudopods |
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The cell membrane is composed of _____ which are organic molecules that resemble triglycerides |
Phospholipids |
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_________ maintain the membranes fluidity aa the temperature fluctuates. |
Steroid molecules. |
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Due to its hydrophobic middle portion, the phospholipid bilateral has ________ meaning that some but not all substances can pass through it. |
Selective permeability |
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Both animal and plant cell membranes contain steroids; the ___________ is the most familiar example. |
Cholesterol in animal membranes |
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________ embedded in the phospholipid bilayer create passageways through which ions, glucose, and other polar substances pass into or out of the cell. |
Transport proteins |
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______ carbohydrates attached to cell surface proteins serve as name that help the body’s immune system recognize its own cells. |
Recognition protein |
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______ the membrane proteins enable cells to stick to one another |
Adhesión proteins |
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These membrane proteins trigger a change in the cells activities in response to a stimulus. |
Receptor proteins |
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A biological membrane is a phospholipid bilayer studded with proteins. This arrangement makes a membrane _______or choosy. |
Selectively permeable |
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In a ________, a solute is more concentrated in one region than in a neighboring region. |
Concentration gradient |
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In _______, a substance move across a membrane without the direct expenditure or energy. |
Passive transport |
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All forms of passive transport involve _____, the spontaneous movement of a substance from a region where it is more concentrated to a region where it is less concentrated. |
Diffusion |
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In ______, a substance moves down its concentration gradient without the use of a transport protein. |
Simple diffusion |
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_____ is the simple diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane |
Osmosis |
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The cells interior is normally ______ to the surrounding blood plasma, which means that the plasmas solute concentration is the same as the inside of the cell. |
Isotonic |
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In a ______. Surroundings have a higher concentration of solutes then the cells cytoplasm |
Hypertonic |
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Is a form of passive transport in which a membrane protein assists the movement of a polar solute along its concentration gradient |
Facilitated diffusion |
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In ______ a cell uses a transport protein to move a substance against its concentration gradient |
Active transport |