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In Biology, what does fitness mean?
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The ability to survive and reproduce.
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What's the macromolecule of saturated or unsaturated fats?
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A lipid.
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Enzymes that bind to their substrates is also known as the
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Lock-and-key analogy
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What is the function of a Nucleic Acid?
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Carries Information (RNA-catalysist)
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What does a Prokaryote lack?
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mitochondria to generate ATP
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What type of sugar is Glucose?
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a 6-Carbon sugar called a Monosaccharide.
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What is used for energy storage in plants?
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Starch
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Who is Leeuwenhoek?
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Inventor of a more powerful microscope and describe the diversity of cells.
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A fat that is both hydrophobic and hydrophilic is reffered to as what?
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Ampipathic
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What is an Ester Linkage?
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A bond found in fats
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Chloroplasts and Mitochondria both have these in common.
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the inner and outer membranes
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what are the 3 components of a nucleotide?
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Nitrogenous base, phosphate, sugar
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When a cell is put into a hypo-tonic solution what is occurring?
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Osmosis
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What type of diffusion is used for Glucose when it is entering a cell from a higher concentration outside of the cell?
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Facilitated diffusion (through a carrier protein)
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Oxygen gas enters the cell with what kind of diffusion?
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Simple diffusion
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What is the monomer of a Carbohydrate?
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monosaccharide
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The key difference between a prokaryote and a eukaryote?
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eukaryotes have a membrane bound nucleus
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Why is water essential for life?
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polar, readily forms hydrogen bonds, efficient solvent.
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What type of bond does a protein have?
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a peptide bond
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Sodium ions that use ATP during transport are utilizing what type of trasport?
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Primary Active Transport
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what are the 5 characteristics of all living things?
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Energy, Reproduction, cells, Information, Evolution.
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What lipid forms membranes?
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a Phospholipid
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When talking about the Alpha 1-4, and Alpha 1-6, what are they referring to?
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Glycosidic linkages
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In DNA, the double helix is made of two complimentary strands that are_______.
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Antiparallel
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Ribosomes are made of of____
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RNA and proteins
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What part of a nucleotide varies from from one to another?
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The nitrogenous base, (Uracil and Thyamine)
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3 places in eukaryotic cell where you may find DNA
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nucleus
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