Biology (Cells & Stems)
This organelle contains hydrolytic enzymes used to break down cellular waste and debris.
Lysosome
This type of intermolecular force is strongest and occurs when hydrogen is bonded to nitrogen, oxygen, or fluorine.
Hydrogen bonding
This type of energy is stored in an object due to its position or configuration.
Potential Energy
This level of protein structure refers to the specific sequence of amino acids.
Primary structure
This term describes the tendency to overestimate how much others notice our behavior or appearance.
Spotlight Effect
During this phase of the cell cycle, DNA replication occurs, doubling the genetic content.
S phase
A solution that resists changes in pH when acid or base is added is known as this.
Buffer
When light passes from air into water and slows down, this optical phenomenon occurs.
Refraction
This enzyme lowers activation energy without being consumed in the reaction.
Catalyst (enzyme)
This concept refers to adjusting behavior or thinking to align with group norms.
Conformity
These membrane proteins facilitate diffusion of polar molecules down their concentration gradient without ATP.
Channel/carrier proteins (facilitated diffusion)
When a weak acid and its conjugate base are present in similar concentrations, the pH of the solution is closest to this value.
The pKa
Increasing the frequency of a wave while keeping speed constant will cause this property to decrease.
Wavelength
Denaturation of a protein disrupts this level of structure most directly.
Secondary/tertiary structure
This type of bias involves favoring information that confirms existing beliefs.
Confirmation bias
A decrease in blood pH will shift the oxygen–hemoglobin dissociation curve in this direction, enhancing oxygen release to tissues.
Right shift
This property describes a molecule’s uneven distribution of electron density resulting in partial charges.
Polarity
In an electrical circuit, adding resistors in parallel will have this overall effect on total resistance.
Decrease total resistance
This metabolic pathway occurs in the cytosol and breaks glucose into pyruvate.
Glycolysis
This theory proposes that people experience discomfort when holding conflicting beliefs or attitudes.
Cognitive dissonance
This feedback mechanism maintains stability by counteracting deviations from a set point, such as regulating body temperature.
Negative feedback
A reaction that absorbs heat from its surroundings, causing the environment to cool, is described as this.
Endothermic
When a sound source moves toward an observer, the observed frequency increases due to this effect.
Doppler effect
This coenzyme carries high-energy electrons to the electron transport chain after being reduced in earlier pathways.
NADH (or FADH₂)
This sociological concept describes how social institutions perpetuate inequality across generations.
Social reproduction