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1
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biology is

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scientific study of life

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2
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biologists ..

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ask questions and divide into themes

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3
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organelles are

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various functional components of cells

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4
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all cells have

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a membrane and DNA as genetic info

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5
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what is responsible for ALL reproduction, growth, and repair of multicellular organisms

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Cell Division

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6
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Types of Cells

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Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic

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7
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Eukaryotic cells

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membrane-enclosed organelles, large & well-defined nucleus; plants, animals, humans, fungi and other forms of life

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Prokaryotic Cells

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simple and small, no nucleus; bacteria, archaea

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9
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DNA is

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the substance of genes (what we inherit)

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10
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Chromosomes contain

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DNA

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11
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A double helix is made of

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2 long chains of DNA `

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12
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What is each chain made of

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a link made of nucleotides (ATGC which is where all DNA comes from)

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13
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Negative Feedback

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as more product accumulates, the process that creates it slow and less product is made

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Positive Feedback

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as more product accumulates the process that creates it speeds up and more product is made

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15
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Discovery Science

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natural structures and processes - based on observation and analysis of data

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16
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Qualitative

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descriptions rather than measurements (qualities)

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17
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Quantitative

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recorded measurements (quantities)

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18
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Scientific Hypothesis

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leads to predictions that can be tested by observation or experimentation

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19
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What must a Scientific Hypothesis be

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testable and falsifiable

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20
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Matter is

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anything that takes up space and has mass

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21
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Element is a

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substance that cannot be broken down

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22
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Compound is

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2 or more elements in a fixed ratio

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23
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Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen are

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Elements

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24
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What forms the Atomic Nucleus

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Neutrons and Protons

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25
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What is around the Nucleus (forms a cloud)

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Electrons

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26
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Atomic Number is what

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the number of protons

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27
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Atomic Mass is what

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sum of protons and neutrons

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28
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Potential Energy is what

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the energy that matter has because of its location and structure

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29
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Isotopes are

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2 atoms of the same element with different number of neutrons

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30
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Valence Electrons are

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electrons in the outermost shell (last shell houses valence electrons)

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31
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Valence is

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the number of unpaired electrons required to complete a shell

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32
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Covalent and Ionic are

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STRONG bonds

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33
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Hydrogen is

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WEAK bond

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34
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3 Types of Chemical Bonds are

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Covalent, Ionic, and Hydrogen

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35
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Four Major Elements that make up 95% of all living matter

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Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Oxygen

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36
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What is the universal solvent or a biological medium

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Water

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37
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Water is

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Polar

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38
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What is polarity

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polarity allows water molecules to form hydrogen bonds with each other

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39
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Oxygen has a _____ while Hydrogen has a _____

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partially negative charge, partially positive

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40
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What are 4 Properties of Water that Sustain Life

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cohesive behavior, ability to moderate temperature, expansion upon freezing, versatility as a solvent

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Cohesion

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hydrogen bonds hold water molecules together (cohesion)

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42
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Cohesion

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attraction between different substances (adhesion)

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43
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Moderation of Temperature

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water absorbs heat from warmer air & releases stored hear to cooler air

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44
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Moderation of Temperature

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water can absorb/release hear with only a small change in temperature

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45
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Moderation of Temperature

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Evaporative Cooling: as liquid evaporates the remaining surface cools

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46
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Expansion Upon Freezing

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ice floats because hydrogen bonds in ice are more “ordered”

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47
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Water: Solvent of Life

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Solution: liquid is homogenous mixture of substances

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48
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Water: Solvent of Life

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Solvent: dissolving agent of a solution

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49
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Water: Solvent of Life

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Solute: substance that is dissolved

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50
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Water: Solvent of Life

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Aqueous Solution: where water is the solvent

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51
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Water: Solvent of Life

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when ionic compound is dissolved, each ion is surrounded by a hydration shell

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52
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Hydrophilic means

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“water-loving,” readily dissolved in water, molecules that contain ionic/polar covalent bonds

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53
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Hydrophobic means

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“water-fearing,” NOT readily dissolvable in water, non-polar molecules like hydrocarbon

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54
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Amphipathetic Molecule means

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have both polar and nonpolar regions

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55
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Acid is

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any substance that INCREASES the H+ concentration of a solution

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56
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Base is

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any substance that REDUCES the H+ concentration of a solution

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57
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pH scale is

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acidic solutions (less than 7) & basic solutions (greater than 7); each pH unit represents a 10 fold difference in H+ and OH- concentrations

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58
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Organic Chemistry is

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the study of compounds that contain carbon

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59
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Organic Compounds contain

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hydrogen atoms & carbon

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60
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Electron Configuration

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determines the kinds and number of bonds an atom will form with other atoms

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61
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Hydrocarbons

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organic molecules consisting of ONLY CARBON & HYDROGEN; their reactions release energy

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62
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Carbon Chains vary in

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size, length and branching

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63
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What is responsible for influencing the development of male and female properties

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Different chemical groups (estradiol and testosterone)

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64
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What are functional groups

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the components of organic molecules that are most commonly involved in chemical reactions

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65
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What are the 7 Functional Groups

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hydroxyl group, carbonyl group, carboxyl group, amino group, sulfhydryl group, phosphate group, and methyl group

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66
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Hydroxyl Group

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always bonded to C, hydrophilic and polar; can form hydrogen bonds with water molecules, helps dissolve organic compounds such as sugars

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67
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Carbonyl Group

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acetone, double bond between C & OH; give rise to 2 major groups of sugars: aldoses and ketoses

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68
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Carboxyl Group

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acetic acid, any acid will fall into this group; covalent bond between oxygen and hydrogen is so polar

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69
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Amino Group

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nitrogen is involved, bent with hydrogen; acts as a base, can pick H+ from surrounding solution; ionized with a charge of 1+ under cellular conditions

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70
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Sulfhydryl Group

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an S, cysteine; 2 sulfyhdral groups can react, forming a covalent bond; “cross-linking” helps stabilize protein structure

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71
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Phosphate Group

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a P, glycerol phosphate provides backbone for phospholipids

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72
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Methyl Group

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CH3, component of DNA, affects expression of genes, arrangement effects sex hormones

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73
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What are the 4 classes of living things

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carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids

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74
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What is a monomer

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a small building block molecule that makes up polymers

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75
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What is a polymer

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a long molecule consisting of many similar building blocks (carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids)

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76
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When does a Condensation/Dehydration Reaction occur

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when 2 monomers bond together through the loss of water molecules

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77
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Synthesis/Breakdown of Polymers

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disassembled to monomers by hydrolysis, water is added

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78
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Hydrolysis Reaction

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every bond that is broken means water has been added

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79
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What is a Carbohydrate

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fuel and building material

80
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What makes up a carbohydrate

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sugars and polymers of sugars

81
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What is the simplest type of carbohydrate

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monosaccharide or single sugars

82
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What combines to form what

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Monosaccharides combine to form polysaccharides (sugar polymers)

83
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What are Monosaccharides (sugar)

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a sugar, major fuel for cells and serves as raw material for building materials

84
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Monosaccharides are usually multiples of

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CH2O

85
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What is the most common monosaccharide

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glucose

86
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how are monosaccharides classified

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by location of the carbonyl group (aldose and ketose) and by number of carbons (in carbon skeleton)

87
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Many sugars form what

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rings

88
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A _______ is formed when a _______ _________ joins two monosaccharides

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disaccharide, dehydration reaction

89
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what is the bond between 2 monosaccharides called

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glycosidic linkage

90
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what type of bond is a glycosidic linkage

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covalent

91
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polymers are made by what

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a series of dehydration reactions

92
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what are individual glucose molecules called

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monosaccharides

93
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what type of reaction would be used to build a polysaccharide

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dehydration reaction

94
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what other class of large biological molecules would catalyze this reaction

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proteins (enzymes)

95
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what is the name of the bond that holds sugars together

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glycosidic linkage

96
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What has storage and structural roles

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Polysaccharides

97
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Storage Polysaccharide

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starch (plants) & glycogen (animals)

98
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Starch (plants) do what

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made of glucose monomers and plants store surplus starch

99
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Glycogen (animals) do what

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stored in liver and muscles

100
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Structural Polysaccharides

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cellulose & chitin

101
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Cellulose is

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found in cell wall of plants

102
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Chitin is

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found in exoskeleton of arthropods and provides structural support for cell walls of funghi

103
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What are Lipids

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a class of biological molecules that DO NOT form polymers, are hydrophobic, they consist of hydrocarbons and form nonpolar covalent bonds

104
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what are 3 types of lipids

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fats, phospholipids, steroids

105
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What are 2 sub groups of fats

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Glycerol and Fatty Acids

106
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what is glycerol

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3 carbon alcohol with hydroxyl group attached to each carbon

107
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what is fatty acids

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consists of a carboxyl group attached to a long carbon skeleton

108
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what is name of function group on glycerol and fatty acids (they participate in dehydration reaction to form fats)

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carboxyl group

109
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what is Ester Linkage

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a bond between a carboxyl and hydroxyl group

110
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example of saturated fatty acids

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butter

111
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example of unsaturated fatty acids

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oil

112
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what is a phospholipid

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2 fatty acids and a phosphate group attached to glycerol; 2 fatty acid tails are hydrophobic but the phosphate group and its attachment form a hydrophilic head (look at picture)

113
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what is a steroid

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lipids characterized by a carbon skeleton consisting of 4 fused rings; cholesterol is important steroid because they are present in animal cell membranes

114
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What are main protein functions

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structural support (keep its shape), transport (how materials are moved in/out of cell), cellular communication (sending messages between cells), defense against foreign substances (immune system defense (antibodies))

115
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What are steps Enzymes (as proteins) take that catalyze or speed up a chemical reaction

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  1. Binding to a substrate
  2. Conversion of Substrate to products
  3. Release of products from enzyme
  4. Enzyme free to catalyze further reactions
116
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Enzymes function as

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workhorses that carry out the process of life

117
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T or F: All proteins are built from same set of 20 amino acids

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true

118
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what is the R group and where is it

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responsible for hydrophilicity and readily forms hydrogen bonds with water and are the branch off from carbon that is not hydrogen

119
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what does polar mean

A

WATER LOVING

120
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what are amino acids linked by

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peptide bonds and multiple amino acids linked together form a polypeptide

121
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T or F: each individual protein has a unique linear sequence of amino acids

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true

122
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peptides are named from ___ to ___, starting with the _______

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left, right, n-terminus

123
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Functional proteins consists of

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one or more polypeptides twisted, folded, and coiled into a unique shape

124
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a proteins structure determines what

A

its function

125
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levels of protein structure are

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  1. primary
  2. secondary
  3. tertiary
  4. quaternary
126
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Sickle Cell Disease

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slight change in primary structure and can cause abnormalities; also results from a single amino acid substitution in the protein hemoglobin

127
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T or F: A single amino acid has very little effect on hemoglobin

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true

128
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What causes a protein to unravel

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alterations to pH, salt concentration, temperature, and other environmental factors

129
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what is the loss of a protein’s native structure

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denaturation

130
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a denatured protein is

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biologically inactive

131
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what are 2 most common nucleic acids

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DNA & RNA

132
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amino acid sequence of a polypeptide is ______ by a ____ __ ___________ called a ____

A

programmed, unit of inheritance, gene

133
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genes are made of what nucelic acid

A

DNA

134
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T OR F: DNA provides its own instructions for replication

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True

135
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Order of Nucleic Acids

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DNA–> RNA –> Protein

136
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nucleic acids are polymers called

A

polynucleotides

137
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each polynucleotide is made of monomers called

A

nucleotides

138
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Each nucleotide contains

A
  1. nitrogenous base
  2. pentose sugar
  3. phosphate group
139
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DNA is a _____ helix, an arrangement called ________

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double, antiparallel

140
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Adenine-Thymine (A-T)

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2 hydrogen bonds

141
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Guanine-Cytosine (G-C)

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3 hydrogen bonds

142
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Characteristics of Light Microscope

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can see live cells, more common, less $$

143
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Characteristics of Electron Microscope

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more expensive, much more specific and precise

144
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What is magnification

A

the ratio of an objects image size to its real size

145
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what is resolution

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clarity; ability to observe 2 adjacent objects as distinct from one another

146
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what is contrast

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visible, differences in parts of the sample; using dye

147
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Eukaryotic Cell Characteristics

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  • fungi, animal, plants
  • larger than prokaryotic
  • DNA in nucleus bounded by a nuclear envelope
  • membrane-bound organelles
148
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Prokaryotic Cell Characteristics

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  • bacteria and archaea
  • no nucleus
  • no membrane-bound organelles
  • Cytoplasm bound by plasma membrane
149
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Both Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Characteristics

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  • plasma membrane
  • semifluid substance called cytosol
  • chromosomes (carry genes)
  • ribosomes (make proteins)
150
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what is the plasma membrane

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a selective barrier that allows oxygen, nutrients, and waste to service the volume of every cell

151
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what is the general structure of a biological membrane

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a double layer of phospholipids (phospholipid bilayer)

152
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what does the Endomembrane System do

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regulates protein traffic and performs metabolic functions in the cell

153
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What components make up the Endomembrane System

A
  • nuclear envelope
  • endoplasmic reticulum
  • Golgi apparatus
  • lysosomes
  • peroxisomes
  • plasma membrane
154
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these components are either continuous/connected by _____

A

vesicles

155
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Nucleus

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contains cell genes; the nuclear envelope encloses the nucleus, separating it from the cytoplasm; nuclear membrane is a double membrane; each membrane consists of a lipid bilayer

156
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What regulates entry and exit of molecules from the nucleus

A

pores

157
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the shape of the nucleus is maintained by the

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nuclear lamina (which is composed of protein)

158
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DNA and proteins form genetic material called _______

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chromatin (these condense to form chromosomes)

159
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what is located within the nucleus

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nucleolus (site of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) synthesis)

160
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what accounts for more than half of a eukaryotic cell

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Endoplasmic Reticulum (is continuous with the nuclear envelope)

161
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Smooth ER

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no ribosomes, synthesizes lipids, breaks down carbohydrates and stores calcium

162
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Rough ER

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has ribosomes, secretes glycoproteins, distributes transport vesicles

163
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Golgi apparatus

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consists of flattened membranes called cistern (FEDEX HQ)

164
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Functions of the Golgi apparatus

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modifies products of ER (carbs and glycoproteins); sorts and packages materials into membrane transport vesicles

165
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Journey of Secreted Protein

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  1. Synthesis in the ER
  2. Transport through the Golgi
  3. Release from the plasma membrane to the outside of the cell
166
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Lysosomes

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membranous sac of hydrolytic enzymes that can digest macromolecules

167
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Lysosomal enzymes can

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hydrolyze proteins, fats, polysaccharides and nucleic acid (hydrolysis reaction) ; all organelles that can break down

168
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Plasma Membrane

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selectively permeable membrane, cell signaling using receptors, cell adhesion; boundary between cell and extracellular environment

169
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__________ and __________ change energy from one form to another

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Mitochondria and Chloroplasts

170
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Mitochondria

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site of cellular respiration and where ATP is generated

171
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Smooth outer membrane and inner membrane of mitochondria folded into

A

cristae

172
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inner membrane of mitochondria creates 2 compartments

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  1. inter-membrane space
  2. mitochondrial space
173
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Cristae presents a large surface area for enzymes that

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synthesizes ATP (chemical energy conversion)

174
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Chloroplasts

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found in plants and algae and is the site of photosynthesis

175
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chloroplasts is where

A

light energy is captured

176
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chloroplasts are in the family of organelles called

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plastids

177
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chloroplasts contain a green pigment called

A

chlorophyll

178
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Motor proteins interact with

A

cytoskeletal functions

179
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Motor proteins

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move cargo from one location in the cell to another; remains in one place and causes filament to move and bend

180
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T or F: both motor protein and filament is restricted in their movement

A

true

181
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Cytoskeleton

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network of different size fibers extending throughout the cytoplasm of the cell (bones of the cell)

182
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The cytoskeleton

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supports the cell and helps keep it in shape; it helps with motility and moves material from one cellular location to another

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3 fibers make up the Cytoskeleton

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  1. Microtubules ( thickest)
  2. Microfilaments (thinnest; actin filaments)
  3. Intermediate filaments (middle thickness)
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Microtubules

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hollow rods that shape the cell and guide movement of vesicles and organelles; also separates chromosomes during cell division

185
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Cilia & Flagella

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microtubules control beating of cilia and flagella, they are locomotor appendages of some cell; they differ in their beating patterns

186
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Microfilaments

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solid rods build as a twisted double chain of actin subunits; they bear tension and resist pulling forces within the cell; they form a 3-D network called the cortex to help support cells shape

187
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Intermediate Filaments

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support cell shape and fix organelles in place; more permanent then the other fibers

188
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3 Extracellular Structures (outside the cell)

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  1. Cell walls of plants
  2. Extracellular Matrix of animal cells
  3. Intercellular junctions
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Plasmodesmata

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channels that perforate plant cell walls; water and small solutes can pass from cell to cell

190
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Intracellular Junction Types

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  1. Plasmodesmata
  2. Tight Junction
  3. Desmosomes
  4. Gap Junctions
191
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what do intracellular junctions do

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neighboring cells in tissues, organs etc, often adhere, interact and communicate through direct physical contact; they facilitate contact

192
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Extracellular Matrix of Animal Cells

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animal cells lack cell walls but are covered by an elaborate extracellular matrix (ECM) on the surface

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what is ECM made of

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glycoproteins like collagen, proteoglycans, fibronectin

194
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what do ECM proteins bind to in the plasma membrane

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interns (receptor proteins)

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Functions of the Extracellular matrix

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support, adhesion, movement, regulation