biology 1
What does this formula represent C6H12O6
Glucose
Name ATLEAST 5 organs you can live without
lungs, a kidney, your spleen, appendix, gall bladder, adenoids, tonsils, plus some of your lymph nodes, the fibula bones from each leg, and six of your ribs.
The site of cellular respiration/ ATP production
What is the mitochondria?
the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
What is photosynthesis
Complex 3D organic molecule responsible for lowering the activation energy f a chemical reaction.
What is an enzyme?
The energy currency of the cell
What is ATP?
Doesn't requires oxygen
What is anaerobic?
The movement of ions or molecules across a cell membrane into a region of higher concentration, assisted by enzymes and requiring energy.
What is active transport?
An organell where photosynthesis takes place.
What is a chloroplast
The monomer of a protein.
What is an amino acid?
How do cells determine what size to grow to before dividing?
Extra Credit if answered (1000)
Cell size at division is determined by the balance between cell growth (the increase in mass or volume) and the timing of cell division.
A process by which some bacteria and yeasts release energy without using oxygen.
fermentation
Microscopic non-living agent composed of proteins enveloping strands of DNA or RNA.
virus
What are the 2 most essential organs in your body?
First the BRAIN
Then the HEART
What are the most basic elements in nature
Earth, water, fire, air and space
A green pigment is responsible for light absorption to provide energy for photosynthesis.
chlorophyll
A process that requires oxygen to release energy.
Aerobic respiration
An organism that obtains energy from sunlight or inorganic compounds.
autotroph or producer
A process by which the contents of a cell vacuole are released to the exterior through fusion of the vacuole membrane with the cell membrane.
exocytosis
Controls the amount of light entering the microscope.
diaphragm
Name 10 organelles in a cell
(1) nucleolus (2) nucleus (3) ribosome (4) vesicle (5) rough endoplasmic reticulum (6) Golgi apparatus (7) cytoskeleton (8) smooth endoplasmic reticulum (9) mitochondria (10) vacuole
a movement of ions and other atomic or molecular substances across cell membranes without need of energy input.
passive transport
It regulates the passage of molecules in and out of the cytoplasm
plasma membrane.
Short term energy storage for an organism.
carbohydrate?
How do cells reproduce?
Through mitosis