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52 Cards in this Set
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each carbon atom can share pairs of electrons with up to ____ other atom(s).
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four
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sugars are a type of ______
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carbohydrate
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_____ is a simple sugar
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glucose and ribose
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unlike saturated fats the fatty acid tails of unsaturated fats incorporate one or more ________
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double covalent bonds
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uunlike saturated fats all of the unsaturated fats are beneficial to health because their fatty acid tails bend and do not pack together.
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false
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steroids are among the lipids with no ______
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fatty acid tails
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which is a class of molecules that encompasses all of the other molecules listed? triglycerides, waxes, lipids fatty acids, steroids, phospholipids
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lipids
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_________ are to proteins as _____ are to nucleic acids
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amino acids; nucleotides
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a denatured protein has lost its ________.
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hydrogen bonds, function & shape
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_______ consists of nucleotides
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RNA
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_______ are the richest source of energy in the body
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fats
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glycerol, fatty acids and phosphate are all
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phospholipid
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2 strands of nucleotides are
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DNA
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cell membranes consist mostly of
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phospholipids
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unlike eukaryotic cells prokaryotic cells ________
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have no nucleus
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the main function of the endomembrane system is buillding and modifying _________ & __________
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lipids & proteins
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no animal cell has a _________
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cell wall
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enzymes contained in _______ break down worn out organells, bacteria and other particles
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lysosomes
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what does mitochondrion do
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ATP by breaking down sugars
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what does chloroplast do
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photosynthesis
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what do ribosomes do
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protein synthesis
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what does a chain of amino acids make?
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polypeptide
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energy carrier in cells
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ATP
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one or more sugar monomers are called
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carbohydrate
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the richest source of energy is
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triglycerides
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the ______ is the smallest unit of life
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cell
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some protists are prokaryotes
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false they are all eukaryotes
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organells enclosed by membranesare typical features of _________ cells
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eukaryotic
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ribosome subunits are built in the ___________
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nucleus
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the plasma membrane is the outermost componant of all cells.
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false cell walls enclose the plasma membrane of many cells
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ribosomes preform
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protein synthesis
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smooth ER does what?
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assembles lipids
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Golgi body does what?
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sorts, packs and ships
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rough ER does what?
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associates with ribosomes
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in a lipid bilayer ______ of all the lipid molecules are sandwhiched between all the ______
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hydrophobic tails: hydrophilic heads
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by the _____ model cell membranes are flexible structures composed of a mixture of many different tyoes of molecules
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fluid mosaic
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most membrane functions are carried out by ______
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proteins
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organelle membranes incorporate ___
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transport proteins
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some ________ proteins are also receptors
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adhesion
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diffusion is the movement of ions or molecules from an area of ________ consentration to an area of _____ consentration
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more;less
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name one molecule that can readily diffuse across a lipid bilayer
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oxygen, CO2, water
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some sodium ions cross a cell membrane through transport proteins that first must be activated by an energy boost. this is an example of ______
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active transport
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immerse a living cell in a hypotonic solution and water will _______
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move into the cell
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fluid pressure against a wall or cell membrane is called _______
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turgor pressure
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vesicles form by ______
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endocytosis
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put the structures in order according to an exocytic trafficking pathway "plasma membrane, golgi bodies, post golgi vesicles, endoplasmic reticulum"
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post golgi vesicles, golgi bodies, endoplasmic reticulum, plasma membrane
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discribe phagocytosis
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one cell engulfs another
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discribe passive transport
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no energy boost required to move solutes
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discribe recognition protein
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identity protein
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discribe active transport
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requires an energy boost
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discribe phospholipid
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important in membranes
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discribe gradient
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basis of diffusion
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