biology 1
C6H12O6
what is glucose?
Gland that secretes FSH and LH
What is the pituitary gland?
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
Organic matter that is not fully decomposed
What is an peat?
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 proteins 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?
The process of splitting glucose into pyruvic acid?
What is Glycolysis?
10%
How much energy is passed on to each trophic level?
Microscopic non-living agent composed of proteins enveloping strands of DNA or RNA.
What is a virus?
Formula to calculate magnification
What is image size/actual size
The three most abundant elements in living things.
What are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?
A green pigment responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis.
What is chlorophyll?
A process that requires oxygen to release energy.
What is Aerobic respiration?
An organism that obtains energy from sunlight or inorganic compounds.
What is an 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.
What is exocytosis?
contracts and flattens
What is a does the diaphragm doe during inhalation?
One set of chromosome
What is haploid
a movement of ions and other atomic or molecular substances across cell membranes without need of energy input.
What is passive transport
It regulates the passage of molecules in and out of the cytoplasm
What is a plasma membrane.
Fats that contain no double bonds in the hydrocarbon chain
Low solute concentration
What is hypotonic?