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The chemical that is being broken down with the help of an enzyme is known as what?

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Substrate?

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Whats special about the fat soluble vitamin?

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Stored in the body for long periods of time and pose a risk of toxicity if overconsumed.

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What is passive transport?

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Shit moving across membrane that DOES NOT REQUIRE ENERGY. and GOES WITH THE GRADIENT.

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What contains an unpaired electron?

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Free radical.

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What is an important part of a diet but is not a nutrient because it isnt absorbed by the human body?

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Fiber / Roughage

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What is exocytosis?

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A type of bulk transport where large molecules are moved out of a cells membrane

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WHat are the chemical reactions that occur within an organism called?

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Metabolism.

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What is facilitated diffusion?

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Typically used with charged or larger molecules wherein they need help from a TRANSPORT/CHANNEL PROTEIN TO MOVE THEM ACROSS. Still going from high to low concentration. and no energy but requires protein help.

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Central vacuole looks like what now?

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Fluid filled membranes that take up 90% of a plant cell.

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plants animals or both Cytoskeleton

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both but mostly important in animals

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What is the cytoskeleton made up of?

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microfilaments, intermediate filaments, and microtubules (remember what those do?)

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Which organelle drives energy production?

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Mitochondria

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Whats up with the structure of a ribosome and why is that special?

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not membrane bound. special becausee it can be found in prokaryote and eukaryotes.

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What is “activation energy” and what is it referring to.

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its talking about ENZYMES. and it basically is the way of saying the energy required to initiate a chemical reaction.

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What is bulk transport and what are the types?

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movement of large molecules across the membrane. Endocytosis - into the cell exocytosis - out of the cell

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Define what a macronutrient is.

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Substances that are required in large amounts which include water, carbs, proteins and fats.

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What is the only vitamin our cells can synthesize??

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Vitamin D or Calcitriol

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What do enzymes not do?

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THEY DO NOT PROVIDE ANY FORM OF ENERGY (ESPECIALLY ACTIVATION ENERGY.

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WHat is the thing known as where a substrate and an enzyme physically bind?

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Active site

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What are the things that are needed in large quantities?

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Macronutrients.

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What do carbs do?

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The provide a great source of energy for cells

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Define a micronutrient.

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They are essential nutrients required in small amounts. They are not destroyed by the body during use, and are not burned for energy.

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Thylakoids are found in what and help do what?

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Found in chloroplasts and are responsible for photosynthesis

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The thing that helps to support cell shape, support and movements. basically STRUCTURE?

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Cytoskeleton.

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Explain a plasma membrane. and do plants and animals have them?
Semiperm, phoslip bilayer, boundary of a cell. SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE. yes everyone has a plasma membrane
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What are minerals?
Substances that do no contain CARBON but are essential to many cell functions.
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How do enzymes increase rate of a reaction?
They lower the activation energy barrier.
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Plants animals or both for the nucleus
both .
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Whats the rough ER ?
ribosomes are embedded
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Whats the centrioles made up of?
Microtubules
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Which organelle contains DNA known as chromatin?
the nucleus
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Who sets the standards for Tap Water?
the EPA
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Whats the mitochondria do?
Assists in cellular respiration
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What is the plasma membrane structure also called and what is it made up of?
The fluid mosaic model. Many differing lipids, and transport proteins embedded to help molecules in.
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How do vitamins help the body?
They help with absorption of other nutrients. (because they are coenzymes!)
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How are biological reactions sped up?
Ensymes
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What is osmosis
involves the movement of water. is PASSIVE transport, and no energy is required.
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What is the theory that says something about how mitochondria evolved to chloroplasts or something?
Endosymbiont theory
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Lysosomes are made up of what to do what functions?
Digestive enzymes to help recycle damaged organelles and kill bacteia and shit.
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Whats the active site
where an enzyme and a substrate physically bind.
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What type of fats are the really bad ones?
Trans fatty acids.
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What type of vitamin is urinated out and is not stored in the body?
A water soluble one.
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What are antioxidants used to fight and protect against?
Free Radicals
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What is a prokaryote
a non-membrane bound cell
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What are essential amino acids?
Proteins that the body cannot produce itself. These include Lysine and valine.
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Chloroplasts do what?
photosynthesis
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What are free ribosomes, where are they found and what does it mean?
found in mitochondria meaning it is DNA
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What is diffusion?
A type of passive transport where movement of molecules move from area opf HIGH concentration to area of LOW concentration. GOES WITH THE GRADIENT.
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Whats a cell wall?
Different that membrane. only found in plants. Constructred from a carb (cellulose). Borders outside of Cell membrane
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What are nutrients?
Substances that provide structural materials or energy
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Which provides a great source of energy for cells?
Carbohydrates
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Metabolism is what?
All the chemical reactions that occur within an organism.
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plants, animals, or both for the mitochondria
both
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What are the macronutrients?
Water, Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats (Lipids)
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Hyopotonic means what?
has a low concentration of a solute
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Define acrive transport
A form of transport that requires energy (ATP) to cross. moving AGAINST the gradient.
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What is the thing in plants that is made of cellulose?
Cell wall.
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How is metabolism sped up?
Enzymes.
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What does the nucleus have physically that allows stuff acces?
Nuclear pore
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What helps move chromosomes around during cell division?
Centrioles
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plants animals or both Central vacuole?
plants only.
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What does it mean when an enzyme changes the shape of the active site to bind specifically with a substrate?
Induce fit model.
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Whatst the smooth ER
performs detoxification, no ribosomes embedded.
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Types of passive transport?
Diffusion. Facilitated diffusion. Osmosis
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What helps lower the activation energy barrier?
Enzymes.
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Two types of Endoplasmic reticulum, what are they?
Rough and SMooth
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What is pinocytosis?
Chemical movement
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What term describes the interior of a phospholipid bilayer?
Hydrophobic
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What is endocytosis and what are the 3ways?
bulk transport of large molecules across the membrane and into the cell. 1 Phagocytosis 2 PINOCYTOSIS 3 Receptor mediated
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Saturated is to butter, as Unsaturated is to \_\_\_\_
Oil
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What serves as an coenzyme and is a organic substance?
A vitamin.
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What is a free radical??
A substance containing an unpaired electron that is therefore unstable and HIGHLY reactive, causing damage to the cells.
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A substrate is what?
the chemocal that is being broken down with the help of an enzyme.
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What organelle creates ATP jazz hands\>??
Mitochondria
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What kind of information does the nucleus hold
DNA aka Chromatin.
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Lysosomes do what?
breakdown material taken in by PHAGOCYTOSIS. Recycle damaged organelles, destroy harmful bacteria
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What is made up of a large subunit and small unit with rRNA
Ribosome
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plants animals or both for centrioles?
both
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What is a cell?
The fundamental unit of a living system.
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Structure of Mitochondria
Double membrane, Inner membrane makes most of the energy
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whats a eukaryote?
A MEMBRANE bound cell.
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Hypertonic means what?
Has a high concentration of a solute.
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What is the golgi apparatus function?
Shipping packaging and receiving of proteins.
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What is the method of transport in which a protein is moving a molecule from high to low with no energy and with the gradient?
facilitated diffusion
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What organelle stores genetic information?
The nucleus
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Define a vitamin.
It is an organic substance, most being unable to be synthesized by the body and serve as coenzymes.
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What are the five main nutrients vegetarians lack in thei diet?
Protein, iron, zinc, calcium, and vitamin B 12
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What is the most conspicuous organelle out there?
The mofuggin Nucleus dog
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What is photosynthesis essentially doing for the plant?
Creating its own food.
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What organelle does the shipping and receiving?\>
the golgi apparatus (go get it apparatus)
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What is an organelle?
Performs a specific job required by the cell and works in conjunction with other organelles to keep everything going correctly.
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What cannot leave the nucleus?
DNA
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Which organelle, is the powerhouse of the cell?
the mitochondria
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Whats that goddamn nucleus do?
performs mitosis. Duplicate genetic information. think about when u cut ur shit open and u have to regenerate, thats the nucleus sending out the support for that.
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What do you think of when you hear the term selectively permeable?
Plasma membrane
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isotonic means what?
Equal or similar concentration of a solute.
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A semipermeable (selectovely permeable) phospholipid bilayer that defines the outer boundary of a cell?
The Plasma membrane.
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Structure of chloroplast?
Double membrane with its own rybosomes, contains genetic info and has thylakoids.
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What do the centrioles do?
help move chromosomes around when a cell divides
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What do mitochondria contain and why?
They have their own DNA because of "freeribosomes"
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What are enzymes?
PROTEINS that reduce amount of energy for a biological reaction to occur.
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What are stored in the body for long periods of time and generally pose a greater risk for toxicity when consumed in excess?
Fat Soluble
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What is the pacman in a cell called and which organelle is it found in?
Lysosome, its known as PHAGOCYTOSIS. aka CELL EATING.
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Who sets the standards for bottled water?
the FDA
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What happens during incomplete hydrogenation?
Trans fats are created which changes structure of fatty acid tails.
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What do ribosomes do?
help facilitate PROTEIN SYNTHESIS.
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What is hydrogenation?
When the levels of saturation of a fat are increased causing it to solidify.

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