CELL MEMBRANES STRUCTURES 1 VOCAB

Question 1

Life

Answer 1

The ability to conduct metabolism and reproduce.

Question 2

Metabolism

Answer 2

The chemical reactions and other processes that enable organisms to take in resources and process them in ways that make growth and reproduction possible.

Question 3

Organism

Answer 3

A living thing—a being or individual.

Question 4

Cell

Answer 4

A membrane-bound volume that has metabolic processes occurring inside. The smallest unit of life.

Question 5

Peripheral membrane protein

Answer 5

A protein found on the inner or outer surface of a cell membrane.

Question 6

Transmembrane protein

Answer 6

A protein that spans the lipid bilayer of a cell membrane.

Question 7

Kinetic energy

Answer 7

The energy of motion.

Question 8

Osmosis

Answer 8

When water moved across the memebrane

Question 9

Phospholipids

Answer 9

Form the fuild like fabric of the bilayer

Question 10

Cholesterol

Answer 10

Molecules that are embedded among the tails

1-More Cholesteral= Less fluidity and less permeability
2-Less Cholesteral= More fluidity and more permeability

Question 11

Amphipathic

Answer 11

Having two different affinities, as a polar end that is attracted to water and a nonpolar end that is repelled by it.