Life At Cellular Level Flashcards

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1
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What is an increase in entropy?

A

An increase in DISORDER - any transfer or energy.

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What is enthalpy and what is the sign?

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The heat released to surroundings in a reaction

H

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What is entropy and what is the sign?

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The randomness/disorder

S

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4
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What is T in the reaction of Gibbs Free Energy?

A

Absolute temperature.

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5
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What is the difference between gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial cells?

A

Positive- thick cell wall

Negative- thin cell wall

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What is a peroxisome and what enzyme does it contain?

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Small organism present in cytoplasm, contains catalase.

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What does -(tri)G mean?

A

Thermodynamically favourable process

Spontaneous

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What is an example of a catabolic, exergonic process?

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ATP to ADP

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What is an example of an endergonic, anabolic process?

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ADP + Pi to ATP

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