Diffusion and Tonicity
Organelles
Plasma Membrane
Miscellanea
Potpourri
200
An equal solute concentration
What is isotonic/isotonicity?
200
Photosynthesis occurs in this membrane-bound organelle with a "green thumb"
What is the chloroplast?
200
The phospholipids in the plasma membrane have this dual property of polarity
What is amphipathicity?
200
The mitochondria's primary function is to generate this molecule
What is ATP?
200
This cookbook by Snoop Dogg and E-40 gives recipes for Southern classics like collard greens all the way to drinks to enjoy on the beach
What is Goon with the Spoon?
400
Phagocytosis is ingesting food, but ingesting liquid is this other cellular process
What is pinocytosis?
400
This "rugged" organelle near the nucleus holds many other organelles that make the cell's protein
What is the rough endoplasmic reticulum?
400
This lipid can alter the rigidity of the plasma membrane in animal cells
What is cholesterol?
400
Small, nonpolar molecules can undergo this type of diffusion through the plasma membrane
What is passive diffusion?
400
4chan, an online forum, is home to this kind of person
Incel
600
Osmosis is an example of this type of diffusion
What is facilitated diffusion?
600
The golgi apparatus packages proteins into this
What is a transport vesicle?
600
This "ornate" name for the plasma membrane makes note of its liquidity and the substances within it
What is fluid mosaic?
600
Prokaryotes lack a true nucleus; the origin of their name comes from this Mediterranean language
What is Greek?
600
Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 ends in this "flawless" cadence where the V dominant chord resolves to the I chord
What is a perfect cadence?
800
These two ions, which can bond ionically with a non-metal, cross the plasma membrane by using their eponymous protein pumps
What are potassium and sodium?
800
This theory regarding the origins of mitochondria and chloroplasts originated in the early 1900s
What is the endosymbiotic theory?
800
The plant's cell wall, which surrounds the plasma membrane, is primarily composed of this polysaccharide
What is cellulose?
800
The mitochondria optimises its surface area to volume ratio by utilizing these folds in its inner membrane
What are cristae?
800
Chief Justice John Marshall wrote, "A law repugnant to the Constitution is void" in his landmark decision on this case
What is Marbury v. Madison?
1000
This Greek letter is used in equations for potentials, including water and action potential
What is Psi?
1000
This organelle with a name of Greek origin makes use of hydrolytic enzymes to undergo its function
What is the lysosome?
1000
These parts of the amino acid chains that comprise proteins determine how they bind to the plasma membrane
What are R-groups?
1000
One rectangular cell has length 3, width 3, and height 4, while a spherical cell has radius 4. This one has the larger surface area to volume ratio
What is the rectangular cell?
1000
The country with this flag follows a strict matrilineal system
What is Palau?