Lab 2 Quiz Flashcards
The movement of molecules from a region of high concentration to a region of lower concentration until a state of equilibrium is reached
Diffusion
Heat speeds up ____
Diffusion
Increase in temperature increases the molecular activty which makes diffusion happen ______
Faster
Shrivelling of a RBC
Crenation
Swelling of RBC
Hemolysis
The diffusion of water molecules through a selectively permeable membrane. Water moves across the membrane from a region of high water concentration to a region of lower water concentration.
Osmosis
Starches react with iodine to produce a ____ colour
Dark blue/black
Iodine is a small ____ molecule
Inorganic
A measure of the solution’s abilitiy to change the shape of cells by affecting the cells’ internal water volume
Tonicity
Two solutions that have the same concentration of dissolved particles and water molecules are ____ solutions
Isotonic
A solution that contains a lesser concentration of dissolved particles and a greater concentration of water molecules than the cell is a _____ solution
Hypotonic
A solution that contains a greater concentration of dissolved particles and a lesser concentration of water molecules than the cell is a _____ solution
Hypertonic
Which solution is hypertonic to the egg contents?
42% Sucrose
Which solution is hypotonic to the egg contents
Water
Egg in sucrose will weigh ____ because water moves out of the egg via _____ into the solution of sucrose
Less; Osmosis
RBC is shrinking because salts makes the solution _____
Hypertonic
RBC will swell and disapear because the solution is ______
Hypotonic
Composed of a double layer of phospholipid molecules with protein molecules immersed or floating throughout the lipid portion
Phospholipid Bilayer
Acetone is a _______ _________
Lipid Solvent
Proteins characteristically ______ (break down) at high temperatures
Denature
A _____ acts as a comparison to prove the reaction is due to the change in variables
Control
Biuret solution reacts with protein to produce a _____ colour
Violet
When water leaves via osmosis through the dialysis tube the tube will _____
Shrivel
When water enters the dialysis tube via osmosis the tube will
Swell
Cells reproduce via ____ _______
Cell Division
The division of somatic (body) cells involves nuclear division
Mitosis
Cytoplasmic division
Cytokenisis
Cells formed by mitosis are called _____ or __
Diploid; 2n
Sexual reproduction involves the fusion of the nuclei of two cells known as ____
Gametes
2 types of gametes
Sperm & Ova
Cells formed by meiosis are called _____ or _
Haploid; n
A pair of chromosomes with one chromosome provided by the female parent (maternal) and the other by the male parent (paternal)
Homologous Chromosomes
46 chromosomes or 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes
Diploid Number
23 individual chromosomes
Haploid
Two major periods in a cell’s life cycle
Interphase & Cell Division
Cell spends the majority of their life in this phase and it includes the total period of time from formation of a cell until it enters cell division
Interphase
Phases of Interphase
G1 (Gap 1), S (Synthesis) and G2 (Gap 2) phases
Copying of DNA called ____ occurs in _ phase
DNA replication; S
Cell grows and preforms all its routine metabolic functions, such as duplication of organelles and protein synthesis
G1 Phase
Duplicated chromosome
Sister chromosome
Constricted region that holds the chromatid pair together
Centromere
During interphase, the chromosomes can be distinguished only as a network of dispersed _____
Chromatin
Elongated DNA and associated proteins
Chromatin
Cell prepares for actual division, last phase of interphase
G2 Phase
Functions throughout the cell to organize the cell’s microtubles forming the spindle apparatus
Centosome
The centrosome contains pericentriolar material (complexes composed of tublin protein) and a pair of structurues known as _____
Centrioles