5038790034 | Name 7 characteristics of living things | Adaptation, response, reproduction, growth and development, energy processing, regulation, order | 0 | |
5038899686 | What kind of a system is used to organize life? | Biological hierarchy | 1 | |
5038803673 | How are Archaea and Eubacteria so different from Eukarya? | They are Prokaryote that lack membrane-bond organelles | 2 | |
5038909773 | What are the basic steps of the scientific method? | Observe, Question, Hypothesis, Prediction, Test, Data Collection, Analysis | 3 | |
5038816861 | A maple leaf is at which level in the hierarchical organization of life? A. Tissue B. Organ C. Organelle D. Organism | D | 4 | |
5038831160 | What are the building blocks of DNA? A. Protein B. Carbs and Lipids C. Amino Acids D. 26 nucleotides E. 4 nucleotides | E | 5 | |
5038844114 | Species that are the same____________ are more closely related than species that are only the same ______________. a. Phylum; class b. family; order c. class; order d. family; genus e. kingdom; phylum | B | 6 | |
5038846960 | Contrast organic and inorganic | organic has carbon | 7 | |
5038853512 | what is the term for the simplest substance on Earth (cannot be broken down by ordinary chemical reaction)? | elements | 8 | |
5038857054 | Describe the parts of an atom, including charge. | Neutron: neutral (in the nucleus) Protons: positive (in the nucleus) Electrons: negative | 9 | |
5038877003 | Contrast molecules and compounds | a molecule is formed when 2 or more atoms join together chemically. a compound is a molecule that contains at least 2 different elements. | 10 | |
5038925327 | what is the term used to describe the relationship between Carbon-12 and Carbon-14? | Isotope | 11 | |
5038929340 | How are the radioisotopes helpful to studying living things? | Decay- can inject into living tissue | 12 | |
5038934803 | where would a valence electron be located? | the outermost shell | 13 | |
5038940028 | Contrast covalent bonds, ionic bonds and hydrogen bonds | Covalent: shared electrons Ionic: give/take electrons their bond Hydrogen: attraction of H to electronegative atom | 14 | |
5038958915 | 5 properties of water | Cohesion and Adhesion High Specific Heat Low Density when a Solid Universal Solvent Surface Tension | 15 | |
5038977368 | The partial negative charge at one end of a water molecule is attracted to the partial positive change of another water molecule. What is this attraction? | Hydrogen Bonding | 16 | |
5039024845 | What is the main job of a buffer? | Resist change in pH. | 17 | |
5039032741 | Which 4 element makes up about 96% of all living matter? | Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen | 18 | |
5039040023 | What are the components of hydrocarbons? | carbon and hydrogen | 19 | |
5039044584 | how many bonds can Carbon form to complete its valence shell? | 4 | 20 | |
5039046889 | Why are functional groups significant | Give different molecules unique properties | 21 | |
5039051852 | a. hydroxyl | -OH | 22 | |
5039054409 | b. Carbonyl | C=O | 23 | |
5039058799 | c. Carboxyl | ![]() | 24 | |
5039068046 | d. Amino group | -NH2 | 25 | |
5039070978 | e. Phosphate group | -PO4 | 26 | |
5039075011 | f. Sufhydryl group | -SH2 | 27 | |
5039078284 | g. Methyl | -CH3 | 28 | |
5039084640 | Water is added to a large polymer to make 2 smaller polymers. What kind reaction is this? | Hydrolysis | 29 | |
5039090248 | Water is taken away from a reaction in order to join two monomers. What kind reaction is this? | Dehydration (synthesis) | 30 | |
5039098517 | What is the name of the most abundant monosaccharide? Why would it be so abundant? | Glucose; needed do sustain Life, makes many polymers | 31 | |
5039106586 | What is the name for 2 sugar carbohydrate? | disaccharide | 32 | |
5039115951 | Name 3 common polysaccharides. In what kinds of organism are they most commonly found? | Cellulose, Starch (plants) Glycogen, Chitin (Animals) | 33 | |
5039126465 | What are the basic components of a glycoprotein? A glycolipid? | Carb & Protein Carb & Lipid | 34 | |
5039138743 | What kind of a biomolecule is defined by its solubility in non polar solvents and is relatively insoluble in water (hydrophobic)? | lipid | 35 | |
5039145669 | Glycerol and 3 fatty acids make up a ______________________ | Fat molecule | 36 | |
5039149697 | differentiate between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. | both max # of H atoms unsaturated has double bonds | 37 | |
5039159875 | phospholipids are amphipathic meaning... | The head region contains highly polar covalent bonds (consists of glycerol, a phosphate, and a charged group) and the tail region is comprised of 2 nonpolar fatty acid or isoprene chains. | 38 | |
5039168457 | what is the basic composition for steroids? | fused rings | 39 | |
5039175887 | Which types of protein are especially important in regulating many chemical reactions in a organism? | enzymes | 40 | |
5039181828 | What are the building blocks of proteins? | Amino Acids | ![]() | 41 |
5039188851 | What maintains the secondary structure of a protein? a. peptide bonds b. hydrogen bonds c. disulfide bridges d. ionic bonds e. electrostatic charges | b ( between AA in the chain) | 42 | |
5039207787 | the alpha-helix and the beta-pleated sheet are both common forms found in which level of protein structure? | Secondary | 43 | |
5039217468 | The 3 D shape of a protein is part of which level of protein structure (this is where the interactions of R group are most important)? | Tertiary | 44 | |
5039226818 | Compare and contrast DNA and RNA? | Both helical and contain genetic info DNA: double stranded, deoxyribose sugar, ATCG RNA: single strand, ribose sugar, AUCG | 45 | |
5039239801 | Why are cells fairly small? | best size for efficient diffuse of nutrients and waste | 46 | |
5039250217 | Why are eukaryotes structurally more complex? | Compartmentalization & Specialization | 47 | |
5039256309 | Where is the genetic material found in a prokaryote? | Nuclei Region (center of cell) | 48 | |
5039261797 | Why are membranes important to a cell? | control traffic | 49 | |
5039276332 | List at least 3 different examples of membranes in the cell/ | Tied, untied, bilateral, multilateral, OR grants | 50 | |
5039284288 | Why aren't mitochondria and chloroplasts considered part of the endomembrane system? | double-membrane bound- don't share phospholipids | 51 | |
5039327474 | What are the 2 parts of ribosomes? | rRNA and proteins | 52 | |
5039332215 | what is the job of ribosomes? | to make proteins | 53 | |
5039339893 | What structure is located outside of the nuclear envelope and is actually connected to it? | Endoplasmic Reticulum | 54 | |
5039348660 | What organelle has a key role in the synthesis, assembly, modification and transportation of proteins? | Golgi | 55 | |
5039348661 | what is the role of the smooth ER? | make lipids, detoxification | 56 | |
5039359776 | The _________ complex consists of stacks of flattened membranous sacs called ________________ | Golgi; cisternae | 57 | |
5039367737 | Describe the orientation of the cis face, trans face and medial region of this organelle. | cis: receiving trans: shipping medial: middle | 58 | |
5039372572 | what is the role of the lysosome? | Digest/ Break down food, dead matter, Malfunction organelles, foreign material | 59 | |
5039385557 | Which organelle is key in breaking down hydrogen peroxide which is toxic to our cells? | Peroxisome | 60 | |
5039396113 | What kind of organelles can store, recycle waste, maintain turgor pressure, or remove excess water? | vacuole | 61 | |
5039400411 | What is the key process performed by mitochondria? | Cellular respiration | 62 | |
5039408350 | What is the key process performed by chloroplasts? | photosynthesis | 63 | |
5039414442 | Why is chlorophyll and what does it do? | pigment | 64 | |
5039422462 | what theory states the mitochondria and chloroplasts were once separate prokaryotes that were engulfed by larger cells? | Endosymbiosis | 65 | |
5039425943 | What is the job of the cytoskeleton? | support, transportation | 66 | |
5039431850 | What is the name for the "cell coat" that surrounds eukaryotic cells? | extracellular matrix | 67 | |
5039436694 | What are the 2 major components of cell membranes? | phospholipids & proteins | 68 | |
5039442587 | since phospholipids are amphipathic, what shape do they most easily form? | bilayer | 69 | |
5039447547 | what is the model used to describe how proteins are embedded in area of moving phospholipids? | fluid mosaic model | 70 | |
5039454723 | what molecule is a fluidity buffer in membrane, especially in animal cells? | cholesterol | 71 | |
5039460150 | what types of proteins span the cell membrane (from inside to outside) | transmembrane | 72 | |
5039463215 | list 3 function of membrane proteins | enzyme, transport, cell-cell recognition | 73 | |
5039469682 | concerning permeability, what kind of membrane do cells have? | selective, semipermeble | 74 | |
5039481922 | What kinds of molecules that pass through a cell membrane most easily are a. large and hydrophobic b. small and hydrophobic c. large polar molecules d. ionic e. monosaccharides | b. ( examples CO2, 02, glycerol, alcohol) | 75 | |
5039493946 | What is the term for a special kind of diffusion where the solvent (water) moves through a selectively permeable membrane? | facilitated diffusion | 76 | |
5039509583 | A patient has had a serious accident and lost a lot of blood. in an attempt to replenish body builds, a large amount of distilled water was transferred directly into one of his veins. What will be the most probably result of this transfusion? why? | Death- too much H20 into the RBC and they will burst | 77 | |
5039528741 | All of the following membrane activities require ATP energy except a. facilitated diffusion b. active trasport c. sodium ions moving out of the cell d. proton pumps e. potassium moving into a cell | a. ( down concentration gradient) | 78 | |
5039539967 | 2 solutions have equal solute concentration on both sides of a membrane. what word could you use to describe this condition? | isotonic | 79 | |
5039544137 | what acts as the "carrier" in carrier-mediated transport? | protein | 80 | |
5039557792 | What kind of gradient is established when there is both an electrical charge difference and a concentration difference on 2 sides of the plasma membrane? | electrochemical | 81 | |
5039569728 | Phagocytosis is a specific type of ___________________ where materials are taken into the cell. | endocytosis | 82 | |
5039575197 | inlike phagocytosis, ____________________ involves the cell taking in dissolved material | pinocytosis | 83 |
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