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41 Cards in this Set
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all the chemical reactions that occur in living cells
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metabolism
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the addition of a phosphate group to a substrate
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phosphorylation
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True or False: when phosphorylation adds a negative charge to a protein, the electrons in the protein keep the same configuration.
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False, the electrons in the protein change configuration
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the amount of energy in an electron is based on its what?
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based on its position relative to other electrons and the protons in the nuclei
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Protein movement does what 3 things in a cell?
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transports materials inside cells, powers flagella or cilia, and pumps ions across membranes
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chemical reactions that involve the loss or gain of one or more electrons
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Reduction-oxidation reactions
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LEO
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loss of electrons is oxidation
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GER
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gain of electrons is reduction
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True or False:Oxidation events are always paired with a reduction
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true
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True or False: C-H bonds contain a lot of energy
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true
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Oxidized molecules have what kind of bonds?
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C-O
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oxidized molecules tend to have high or low potential energy?
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low
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in redox reactions, the electron receptor is oxidized or reduced?
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reduced
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glycolysis, pyruvate processing, citric acid cycle, electron transport and chemiosmosis
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four steps of cellular respiration
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one molecule of glucose is broken into two molecules of the 3-carbon compound pyruvate. which process of cellular respiration?
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glycolysis
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processed to form compound acetyl-CoA. molecule of NADH produced
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pyruvate processing
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Acetyl-CoA is oxidized to two molecules of CO2
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citric acid cyle
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another name for the citric acid cyle
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krebs cycle
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any suite of reactions that produces ATP in an electron transport chain
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cellular respiration
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all 10 reactions of glycolysis occur in what?
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the cytosol
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True or Fase: Most of the time, the addition of a substrate slows the rate of a chemical reaction.
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false, the addition of a substrate speeds the rate of a chemical reaction
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this occurs when an enzyme in a pathway is inhibited by the product and the reaction sequence
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feedback inhibition
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enzymes active site or a location that changes the enzyme's activity where ATP can bind
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regulatory site
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When ATP concentrations are high, the molecule also binds at the regulatory site on what?
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phosphofructokinase
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the pyruvate produced by glycolysis is transported from what to what?
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cytosol to mitochondria
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the use of sunlight to manufacture carbohydrates
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photosynthesis
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organisms that make all of their own food from ions and simple molecules
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organisms that obtain sugars and many of the other macromolecules they need from other organisms
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True or False: Photosynthesis is endergonic where as Cellular Respiration is exergonic.
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true
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reactions that reduce carbon dioxide and produce sugar but only functions if the light-capturing reactions are occuring
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Calvin Cycle
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what two color photos are the most effective at driving photosynthesis?
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red and blue
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how do carotenoids protect chlorophyll molecules from harm?
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they "quench" free radicals by accepting or stabilizing unpaired electrons
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phases of mitosis
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interphase, prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis
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most of cell life is in which phase?
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interphase
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type of reproduction that produces offspring genetically identical to the parent
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asexual reproduction
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single long DNA double helix wrapped around proteins in a organised manner
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chromosome
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DNA copy in a replicated chromosome
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chromatid
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parts of interphase
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G1, S, G2
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another name for interphase
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miotic (M) phase
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homologous chromosomes
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chromosomes with the same genes
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how many copies of each type would the organism usually have?
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2
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how many chromosomes do humans have?
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46
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