Chemistry Schmemistry
These are the 4 types of organic compounds.
What is carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids?
This passive process allows things like oxygen to easily enter cells
What is diffusion?
The outside layer of a cell and its primary composition.
What is the plasma membrane and phospholipid bi-layer?
The 2 monosaccharides that compose lactose.
What is galactose and glucose?
This active pumping mechanism occurs in virtually every cell in the body and is responsible for creating the resting membrane potential (RMP).
What is the sodium-potassium (Na-K) pump?
Simple diffusion is where molecules spread out to establish equilibrium, and ______ diffusion requires a channel protein to cross membrane.
What is facilitated diffusion?
This type of bond is formed by charged particles.
What is an ionic bond?
This organelle is a real powerhouse, creating 36 ATP per round.
What is mitochindria?
Hypertonic is higher salt concentration than normal cells, Hypotonic is lower salt concentration than normal cells, ______ is the same salt concentration as normal cells.
This type of bond forms the primary structure of proteins.
What is a peptide bond?
This RNA shoulders the load for free amino acids
What is tRNA?
This type of cell junction anchors the cell and is scattered along the sides of cells.
What is a desmosome?
What is TGCAATCCGGATTGCA?
This type of solution will have your cells bursting at the seam
What is hypotonic?
Of the 4 major ions found inside and outside our cells, this is the only one more abundant inside our cells.
What is Potassium (K)?