Chapter one: The fundamental units of life Flashcards
All living things are made of _______
Cells (Fundamnetal units of life)
Cells
Small membrane enclosed units filled with a concentrated aqueous solution of chemicals & endowed with extraordinary ability to create copies of themselves by growing then dividing into two
Cells differ in _______ & _______
Size & shape
Cells are composed of the same sorts of molecules which particaptes in the same types of _________
Chemical Reactions
In all organism genetic information in the form of genes is carried in _______
DNA molecules
In every cell, long polymer chains of DNA are made from the same set of four _______
Nucleotides (Types of monomers)
The information enclosed in DNA molecules is _________ into RNA molecules
Transcribed
The information in the DNA that is transcribed to RNA molecules are then ________ to proteins
Translated
Central dogma
The flow of information from DNA to RNA to Proteins
Proteins
Are built from amino acids (Where all organisms use the same set of amino acids to make protiens)
How many amino acids are in proteins?
20
The process of central dogma allows for what to be possible?
Replication
The sequence of _______ in a molecule of DNA determines the sequence of _______ in a protein
Nucleotides, amino acids
Proteins catalyze the _______ of DNA & the ______ of RNA
Replication of DNA, Transcription of RNA
Basics of evolution
The process by which living speices become gradually modified & adapted to their environment in more ways
_________ were used to understand cells
Microscopes
Cell theory
All living cells are formed by the growth & divisims of existing cells
Plasma membrane
The bounding indicatiing the presence of an enclosing membrane
Cytoplasm
Surrounds the nucleus & fills the cell interior
Floursence microscope
Type of light microscope that uses methods of illumination & electronic image processing to see flouresnatly labled cell components in better detail
Ribosome
A large macromolecular complex in which RNA are translated into proteins
Electron Microscope
Revealed details down to nanometer & best reolution
Organelles
Separates substructures with specialized functions
The plasma membrane separates the _____ of the cell from its ______ environment
Interior, external
Transmission electron microscope
Th type of electron microscope used to look out at thin sections of tissue
Bacteria
Have simple structures & only contains ribosomes (Also called baterium)
Eukaryotes
Organisms who cells have a nuclues
Prokaryotes
Organisms whose cells dont have a nucleus
Prokaryotes are small & contains a ________ surrounding the plasma membrane, which encloses a single compartment containing the cytoplasma & DNA
Protectiv e Coat (Cell Wall)