Microscopic
Uncoiled strands of DNA are referred to as what
Chromatin
What are the products of photosynthesis
Glucose and oxygen
What would happen to the cells of multicellular organisms if they were removed from the whole
They would die
What kind of cellular environment do plants prefer
Hypotonic
Organisms that store chemical energy in carbohydrate food molecules that they make themselves
Autotrophs
Genes contain the instructions for what
A single protein
Why does bread rise during alcoholic fermentation
Production of carbon dioxide gas
What kind of organisms do cellular respiration
All organisms
Molecules will keep shifting during diffusion with the goal of reaching...
Equilibrium
What percentage of energy is transferred to the next level in a food chain
10%
The other name for the phospholipid bilayer to describe its not quite solid structure
Fluid mosaic model
Fermentation always starts with what molecule produced from glycolysis
Pyruvate
the process by which organ systems work to maintain a stable internal environment
Homeostasis
When the plasma membrane pulls away from the cell wall as it shrivels
plasmolysis
proposes that cooperation between many organisms of the same species led to the development of a multicellular organism
Colonial theory
What organelle is involved in protein synthesis(provides a location for ribosomes)
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Why do muscles feel sore after you work out
Production of lactic acid
When a response to an event increases the likelihood of the event to continue
Positive feedback
when solutes must use transport proteins to cross the membrane
Facilitated diffusion
What type of cytoskeleton is made from two thin acting chains twisted together
Microfilaments
“cellular drinking”, plasma membrane folds inward, forming a channel, allowing dissolved substances to enter the cell
Pinocytosis
Process in which light works with an enzyme to split a water molecule
Photolysis
Name two examples of active transport
Endocytosis, exocytosis, Phagocytosis, Pinocytosis, sodium-potassium pump
Why do plant cells not burst under hypotonic conditions
Rigid cell wall
process in which homologous chromosomes are randomly distributed to daughter cells
Independent assortment