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Cells control their chemical environment using |
Energy ATP enzymes The plasma membrane |
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Organic compounds are relatively rich in such |
Chemical energy |
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ATP |
Acts like an energy shuttle, storing energy from food |
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ATP stands for |
Adenosine triphosphate |
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Metabolism |
Total of all chemical reactions in an organism |
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Most mean olive reactions require the assurance if _________, proteins that speed up chemical reactions. |
Enzymes |
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Enzymes lower the ______ ______ for chemical reactions |
Activation energy |
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A specific reactant molecule |
Substrate |
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The _____ ____ fits to the substrate and the enzyme changes shape slightly. |
Active site |
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Induced fit |
When the active site fits into the substrate and the enzyme changed shape slightly. |
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These can prevent metabolic reactions by binding to the active site. |
Enzyme inhibitors |
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Some products of a reaction may inhibit the enzyme required for it's production, this is called |
Feedback regulation |
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Transport proteins |
Located in membranes and regulate the passage if materials into and out if the cell |
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The tendency for molecules of any substance to spread out into the available space |
Diffusion |
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Diffusion if a substance across a membrane without the I out of energy |
Passive transport |
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Substance diffuse their _______ _______, a region in which the substance's density changes. |
Concentration gradient |
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Active needs |
ATP |
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The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane |
Osmosis. |
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Hypertonic |
Solution has a higher concentration of solute. Water is low. |
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Hypotonic |
Solution has a lower concentration of solute. Water is high. |
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Isotonic |
Solution had an equal confrontation of solute |
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Osmoregulation |
Control of water balance within a cell or organism |
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Plasma membrane may pull away from the wall when in the process of |
Plasmolysis |
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Requires energy to move molecules across a membrane |
Active transport |
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Exocytosis |
Secretion of large molecules within vesicles |
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Endocytosis |
Takes material into a cell within vesicles that bud inward from the plasma membrane |
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A cell engulfs a particle and packages it within a food |
Phagocytosis |
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A cell gulps droplets of fluid by forming tiny vesiclss |
Pinocytosis |
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A cell takes in a very specific molecule |
Receptor-meditated endocytosis |
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Signal transduction pathways |
Relay the signal concert it to chemical forms that can function with the cell |
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Animals depend on plants to convert solar energy to |
Chemical energy of sugars |
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Uses light energy from the sun to power a chemical process that makes organic molecules |
Photosynthesis |
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Uses light energy from the sun to power a chemical process that makes organic molecules |
Photosynthesis |
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The ingredients for photosynthesis are _____&______ |
Carbon dioxide and water |
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Cellular respiration occurs in the |
Mitochondria |
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Cellular respiration |
Generated ATP |
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Animals only perform |
Cellular respiration |
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Plants perform |
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration |
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A ________ process requires oxygen |
Aerobic |
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Cellular respiration and ___________ are closely related. |
Breathing |
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Cellular respiration can produce up to _________ molecules for each glucose molecule consumed. |
38 ATP |
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There is an electron transfer to ________ which releases energy. |
Oxygen |
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Cellular respiration is a controlled _____ __ _________ |
Fall of electrons |
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The first step is an electron acceptor called |
NAD+ |
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Deadly poison we talked about in class. Stops ATP production. |
Cyanide. |
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Fermentation is the _______ harvest of food energy. |
Anaerobic |
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In human muscle cells, ______ _____ is a by product. |
Lactic acid |
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Yeast is a type of microscopic fungus that produces _____ and _____ instead of lactic acid. |
CO2 and ethyl alcohol. |
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What process transforms light energy into chemical energy? |
Photosynthesis. |
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Organisms that use photosynthesis are |
Photosynthetic autotrophs. |
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The site of photosynthesis are |
Chloroplasts |
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Inside chloroplasts are membranous sacs called ________ |
Thylakoids |
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Thylakoids are suspended in a thick fluid called what? |
Stroma |
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Thylakoids are concentrated in stacks called ______ |
Grans |
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Electron transport chain |
Involves a series of redox reactions Ultimately leads to the production of large amounts of ATP. |
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The green color if chloroplasts is from ________, a light absorbing pigment. |
Chlorophyll |
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Tiny pores in leaves where carbon dioxide enters and oxygen exits. |
Stomata |
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Equation for photosynthesis |
6CO2 + H2O >light energy> C6H12O6 + 6O2 |
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Electrons are boosted ______ and added to carbon dioxide. |
Uphill |
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During photosynthesis water is what? |
Split. |
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Two stages of phitosynthesis |
Light reactions Calvin cycle |
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Describe the light reactions. |
Converts solar energy to chemical energy. |
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Describe the Calvin cycle |
Uses the products of the light reactions to make sugar from carbon dioxide. |
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Full range is radiation is called the __________ __________ |
Electromagnetic spectrum |
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Chlorophyll A |
Participates directly in the light reactions. |
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Three stages of cellular respiration |
Glycolysis The citric acid cycle Electron transport |
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Chlorophyll B |
Participates indirectly in the light reactions |
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Carotenoids |
Absorb and dissipate excessive light energy that light damage chlorophyll. Orange and yellow fall colors. |
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Light behaves as ______, discrete packets of energy |
Photons |
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Photosystem |
Group of chlorophyll and other molecules that function as a light gathering antenna. |
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Two types is photo systems cooperate in the light reactions |
The water splitting photo system. The NADPH producing photo system. |
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The Calvin cycle functions like a sugar factory within the _____ of a _______ |
Stroma, chloroplast. |
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A six carbon glucose molecule is split in half to form two molecules of ____ ____ |
Pyruvic Acid |
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Glycolysis uses two ATP molecules per glucose to ______ the six carbon glucose |
Split |
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The citric acid cycle conpletes the _______ of _____ |
Breakdown, sugar |
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The citric acid cycle extracts the energy of sugar by breaking the acetic molecules all the way down to ____ |
CO2 |
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The citric acid cycle forms _____ and ______ |
NADH and FADH2 |
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The molecules of the electron transport chain are built into the inner membranes of what? |
Inner membranes of mitochondria. |
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Hydrogen ions flow through what? |
ATP synthase |
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Slow twitch fibers |
Less power. Generates ATP using oxygen. |
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Fast twitch fibers |
More power. Can generate ATP without using oxygen. |