Chemistry of Life
one single unit
What is a monomer?
* All organisms are made of cells. * All existing cells are produced by other cells. * The cell is the most basic unit of life.
What is the cell theory?
Used for reproduction and composed of a stamen and a carpel
What is a flower?
A molecule that transfers energy from the breakdown of food molecules to cell processes?
What is ATP?
The process that produces diploid identical cells.
What is Mitosis?
An attraction between a slightly positive hydrogen atom and a slightly negative atom, often oxygen or nitrogen.
What is a hydrogen bond?
Consists of closely layered stacks of membrane-enclosed spaces that process, sort, and deliver proteins.
What is the Golgi complex (apparatus)?
Transports water and organic compounds to all parts of the plant.
What is the xylem?
A molecule found in chloroplasts that absorbs some of the energy in visible light.
What is chlorophyll?
The part of the cell cycle where the cell is growing and doing its normal cell function.
What is interphase?
The attraction among molecules of water.
What is cohesion?
A molecule that is composed of a phosphate group, glycerol, and two fatty acid chains.
What is a phospholipid?
Plant cells that are not specialized but can specialize into tissues.
What is a meristem?
The reactants of one are the products of the other
What is the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration?
Substance that is known to to promote the development of cancer.
What is a carcinogen?
Nonpolar molecules that include fats, oils, and cholesterol.
What is a lipid?
The movement of molecules across a cell membrane without energy.
What is passive transport?
Surrounds each stoma and can open and close by changing shape.
What is a guard cell?
Occurs in the matrix of the mitochondria to produce THE MOST ATP.
What is the Electron transport chain?
2n
What is diploid cell?
A molecule that contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sometimes sulfur.
What is an amino acid?
A solution that has a higher concentration of dissolved particles than a cell.
What is hypertonic?
Contained within the ovary, becomes the seed.
What is an ovule?
What is the photosynthetic equation?
The name of DNA during Anaphase of Mitosis.
What are sister chromatids?