Biochemistry Flashcards

4997011089	glucose	blood sugar, body's immediate source of energy	0
4997016212	lipid	waterproof fat that stores energy	1
4997020452	carbohydrate	main source of energy for living things	2
4997022396	polymer	a large compound that is created from a group of monomers	3
4997030670	biomolecule	large chemical molecules that form a structure	4
4997037111	amino acid	joined together forming long chains of proteins	5
4997041482	saturated fat	a lipid containing the maximum amount of hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon	6
4997046620	starch	a polysaccharide found in plants	7
4997051672	monomer	a small compound that when linked together creates a polymer	8
5003573435	contractile vacuoles	expels excess water from bacterial cells that live in water	9
5003581079	nucleolus	produces ribosomes	10
5003587945	active transport	energy is need to move particles	11
5003594333	facilitated diffusion	embedded proteins act as tunnels allowing particles to fall through	12
5003598672	solvent	a substance that is present in the greater amount and dissolves another substance	13
5003610738	diffusion	movement of particles from a higher to a lower area	14
5003618713	hypertonic solutions	more dissolved solute on the outside of cell when compared to inside the cell	15
5003627327	isotonic solutions	the same amount of dissolved solute and water inside and outside the cell	16
5003634415	exocytosis	(exit) expelling something from the cell	17
5003641385	hypotonic solutions	less dissolved solute on the outside of cell when compared to the inside of cell	18
5003648499	endocytosis	(enter) taking something into the cell	19
5003656910	passive transport	no energy is needed to move particles	20
5003661607	carrier proteins	embedded proteins change shape to open and close passages across the membrane	21
5003667965	solute	a substance that dissolves in a solvent	22
5003673565	turgor pressure	water pressure in a plant cell	23
5003676963	vacuole	sac like structure that stores water, salts, proteins, and carbohydrates	24
5003683900	phospholipids	a pair of fatty acids and a phosphate group attached to a glycerol backbone	25
5003691902	cilia	short hair like structures that extend from the surface	26
5003697180	centrioles	helps in cell division	27
5003700362	homeostasis	maintaining a balance	28
5003702494	ribosomes	builds proteins, found throughout cytoplasm, and on the rough er	29
5003708767	rough er	rough because of ribosomes and helps make proteins	30
5003712841	ER	makes membranes and helps finish proteins	31
5003717631	golgi body	finishes, packages, and ships proteins	32
5003720681	smooth er	has no ribosomes and makes fats and lipids	33
5003725448	lysosome	food digestion, garbage disposal, and recycling	34
5003729480	cytoplasm	jelly-like material holding organelles in place	35
5003736680	chloroplast	traps energy from the sun to produce food for the plant cell through photosynthesis	36
5003743508	cell membrane	controls movement of materials in and out of the cell and is the cell boundary	37
5003749966	mitochondria	creates ATP fuel in the cell	38
5003755292	cell wall	provides support and protection to the cell membrane	39
5003759784	central vacuole	stores water, food , and wastes	40
5003767443	flagella	long thread like extensions that help with locomotion or movement	41
5003775164	osmosis	diffusion of water across a selectively membrane	42
5003783621	nucleus	controls cell functions and protects DNA	43
5049133021	atom	basic unit of all matter	44
5049135811	element	pure substance that consists entirely one atom	45
5049141704	macromolecule	large molecule	46
5049154264	chemical reaction	process that changes one set of chemicals into another	47
5049158712	catalyst	substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction	48
5049174656	enzymes	proteins that act as catalysts	49
5049183407	substrate	substance being acted on by an enzyme	50
5049198917	products	right side of an equation	51
5049203791	reactants	left side of an equation	52
5049207815	chemical compound	substance formed by chemical combination of 2 or more elements in definite proportions	53