Cells and Organelles
All cells are surrounded by a phospholipid bilayer called...
The cell membrane.
What are the 2 reactants in the cellular respiration equation?
Oxygen and sugars.
What is osmosis?
The diffusion of water across a semi-permeable membrane.
What is the word for any living?
What is an organism
What are the two products of photosynthesis?
Oxygen and sugars.
What are the two products (not counting ATP) in the cellular respiration equation?
Water and carbon dioxide.
Which protein building organelle can be found attached to the ER or free floating in the cytoplasm?
Ribosomes
Jan van Helmont's experiment in which he watered a potted plant for 5 years, failed to take what reactant of photosynthesis into account.
Carbon dioxide
What are the two sets of reactions in photosynthesis?
The light reactions and the Calvin Cycle.
What are the two types of fermentation?
Lactic acid fermentation and alcoholic fermentation.
During which part of interphase is genetic material duplicated?
S phase.
Explain the difference between endocytosis and exocytosis.
Endocytosis is when something comes "into" the cell; exocytosis is when something "exits" the cell.
What are the three parts of the cell theory?
What is
1. The cell is the most basic unit of life.
2. All organisms are made of one or more cells.
3. All cells come from pre-existing cells.
What is the high energy electron carrier of photosynthesis?
NADP+ and NADPH
Name one activity that is anaerobic and one that is aerobic.
Lifting weights, sprinting, etc... and running a mile, swimming, dancing, etc...
During meiosis, homologous chromosomes form a tetrad and an exchange of genetic material occurs. What is the name for this genetic swap?
Crossing over.