Chapter 16

Question 1

Nucleus

Answer 1

Center of the cell

Question 2

Cell membrane

Answer 2

Regulates what goes in and out of the cell

Question 3

Mitrochondria

Answer 3

Battery of the cell; where energy is created

Question 4

Ribosome

Answer 4

Where protein synthesis happens

Question 5

Catabolic

Answer 5

Degrading of molecules to keep the cell alive

Question 6

Anabolic

Answer 6

The building up of molecules to keep the cell alive

Question 7

Metabolism

Answer 7

Set of chemical reactions that keep the cell alive

Question 8

Carbohydrate

Answer 8

POlyhydroxyl aldehyde that can be hydrolyzed into other aldehydes and ketones.

Question 9

Lipid

Answer 9

Fats

Question 10

Amino acids

Answer 10

Made up of hydroxyl and animo functional groups; make up proteins

Question 11

Proteins

Answer 11

Made from amino acids; polypeptides

Question 12

Enzyme

Answer 12

Biological catalyst

Question 13

Nucleic Acid

Answer 13

Control center of the cell, DNA and RNA

Question 14

Transcription

Answer 14

A segment of DNA transfers its information to a messenger RNA

Question 15

Translation

Answer 15

The deliverance of the code into specific protein structures

Question 16

Recombinant DNA

Answer 16

Artificially created DNA

Question 17

Three major energy sources for the body

Answer 17

Carbs, fats, proteins

Question 18

How do enzymes work as catalysts?

Answer 18

The enzymes increase the rate of reaction without being changed by the reaction

Question 19

The Central Dogma

Answer 19

The process that uses transcription and translation

Question 20

How does recombinant DNA technology affect medicine and agriculture?

Answer 20

Can create insulin for humans, human growth hormone, recombinant vaccines, etc.