Biomolecules
What simple sugars made of.
What are monosaccharides (C-H-O)?
A key characteristic of prokaryotic cells.
What is lacking a nucleus?
The movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane.
What is osmosis?
Explaination for why viruses are considered nonliving.
What is they require a host to replicate and are not made of cells?
What the letters of DNA stand for.
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
The relationship between nucleic acids and proteins
What is nucleic acids store the instructions for producing proteins that make up the physical traits of organisms?
A type of cell that is more complex, containing a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.
What is eukaryotic?
A type of transport requires ATP to move against a gradient (Low --> High).
What is active transport?
The enzyme that allows HIV to produce DNA from a viral RNA genome.
What is reverse transcriptase? (retrovirus)
Determines a gene in the genetic code of DNA.
What is the sequence of nucleotides (Order of bases)?
The name of two types of nucleic acids.
What are DNA & RNA?
The organelles responsible for aerobic cellular respiration and the production of ATP.
What are mitochondria?
What type of cells can undergo differentiation and become any other type of cell in the body?
Stem cells
A protein coat that encases the genetic material of a virus.
What is a capsid?
All of the molecules (4) present during translation.
What are mRNA (nucleotides), rRNA (ribosome), and tRNA (with amino acids)?
The primary function of lipids in cells.
What is long-term energy storage? (Also cell membrane structure and hormone signaling).
The group (kingdom or domain) of organisms called "extremophiles." Example: Halophiles = "salt-lovers"
Who are prokaryotic Archaeans?
Name a mechanism that regulates homeostasis in cells.
Cellular transport
Chronic viruses are associated with these types of diseases by disrupting normal cellular functions.
What is cancer?
Describes the process of transcription.
What is DNA converted into an mRNA sequence (nucleus)?
Carbohydrates that serve as structural components in plants and animals.
What are Cellulose in cell walls (plants) and chitin in the exoskeleton (invertebrate animals)?
The four structures common to ALL cells.
What are DNA, ribosomes, cytoplasm, cell membranes?
Describe how enzymes function in cellular processes.
What are catalysts that speed up reactions by decreasing the amount of ATP needed?
Describes the basic structure of a virus particle.
What is genetic material (DNA or RNA), capsid, and sometimes a lipid envelope?
Determined gametes for these parents BbTt x BbTt.
What are BT, Bt, bT, bt (for both parents)? Use FOIL method to determine gametes in dihybrid crosses!