Last Minute Flashcards

1
Q

What connects monosaccarides?

A

Glycosidic linkages (dehydration reaction)

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2
Q

Glycogen is

A

A polymer of glucose

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3
Q

A fat is glycerol joined to fatty acids by

A

An ester link

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4
Q

What makes a steroid

A

4 fused rings

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5
Q

Amino acid makes ____ that makes proteins

A

Polypeptides

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6
Q

An amino acid is made of

A

An amino group and a carboxyl group

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7
Q

Tertiary structure

A

Overall shape of a polypeptide

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8
Q

Quaternary structure

A

Overall protein structure

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9
Q

Directs production of a polypeptide

A

mRNA

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10
Q
  • 5 carbon sugar
  • N base
  • 1-3 phosphate groups
A

Nucleotide

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11
Q

Nucleotide - phosphate

A

Nucleoside

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12
Q

What does a nucleotide do?

A

Sugar-phosphate backbone of RNA and DNA

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13
Q

The base pairs in DNA are connected by

A

Hydrogen bond

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14
Q

Brings amino acids to the ribosome during synthesis

A

tRNA

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15
Q

Catabolic pathways

A

Release energy

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16
Q

Anabolic pathways

A

Consume energy

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17
Q

An energetically favorable process

A

Spontaneous

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18
Q

Process only happens when energy is supplied

A

Nonspontaneous

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19
Q

Can perform work when temperature and pressure are uniform

A

Free energy

20
Q

The bonds between phosphate groups in ATP can be broken by

A

Hydrolysis

21
Q

Eukaryotes have a nucleus. Prokaryotes have a

A

Nucleoid

22
Q

The nucleus is suspended in

A

The nuclear envelope

23
Q

Protein + rRNA =

A

Ribosomes

24
Q

Cristae

A

The folds in mitochondria

25
Q

Stack of thylakoids

A

Granum

26
Q

Fluid outside thylakoids

A

Stroma

27
Q

____ proteins penetrate the interior of the lipid bilayer

A

Integral

28
Q

______ proteins span the membrane

A

Transmembrane

29
Q

Isotonic

A

No net movement of water

30
Q

Hypotonic

A

Water will flood the cell

31
Q

Hypertonic

A

Cell loses water

32
Q

Active transport

A

Movement against the concentration gradient. Powered by hydrolysis of ATP.

33
Q

Actively transports H+ out of a cell

A

Proton pump

34
Q

Pinocytosis

A

Gulping of extracellular fluid

35
Q

NADH is

A

Reduced

36
Q

NAD+ is

A

Oxidised

37
Q

NAD+ is the _____ agent during respiration.

A

Oxidizing

38
Q

Visible light

A

380-740nm

39
Q

46 chromosomes

A

Somatic cells

40
Q

23 chromosomes

A

Human gametes

41
Q

Centomere

A

Where chromatids are attached

42
Q

Cytokenesis

A

Division of the cytoplasm

43
Q

Alternative versions of genes that account for variation

A

Alleles

44
Q

Most bacterial cell walls contain

A

Peptidoglycan

45
Q

The source of evolution/variation

A

Mutation

46
Q

Obligate aerobes

A

Must use O for cellular respiration

47
Q

Obligate anaerobes

A

Will be killed by O