Semester Review Flashcards
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cells are enclosed within a _____________ that regulates interaction with _____________.
Sells are enclosed within a SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE that regulates interaction with SURROUNDINGS
What do enzymes increase?
Enzymes increase REACTION RATES
List three ways enzymes can work at
Enzymes can work at
1) certain pH levels
2) temperature
3) and salt concentrations
What does cell respiration use?
Cell respiration uses ENERGY
What stores energy?
Chloroplasts. It captures energy from the sun and stores it in bonds of sugar
What does a eukaryotic cell have that a prokaryote and virus do not have
A nucleus and membrane bound organelle but prokaryotes and virus don’t
What do all cells and viruses have?
Genetic material
Where does transcription occur?
Nucleus
What is the process of proteins
DNA -(transcription)> mRNA -(translation)> proteins
Where does translation occur?
Cytoplasm
What does mRNA carry?
Message of DNA to ribosomes
What does tRNA take?
Amino acids from cytoplasm to ribosome
What does the rough endoplasmic reticulum have? What does it make?
Ribosomes. It makes proteins
What does the Golgi do?
Modifies proteins
Where does photosynthesis store the energy of the sun?
In carbon bonds of sugar (carbohydrates)
What does mitochondria use and why?
It uses oxygen to breakdown glucose to produce ATP, carbon dioxide, and water. It’s called cellular respiration
What happens in meiosis
Chromosomes separate and randomly segregate
What doe meiosis result in
4 genetically different daughter haploid gametes
What is spermatogonia
Diploid parent cells of sperm cells
What is oogonia
Diploid parent cells of egg cells
Where is spermatogonia and oogonia located at?
Spermatogonia is located in the testes and oogonia is located in the ovaries and these under meiosis
What is fertilization and how does it occur?
Fertilization is random and occurs when haploid gametes join to form a diploid zygote. Zygotes form new combos of alleles
A person receives half of their DNA from whom?
Each parent
What is XX and XY
XX= female XY= male