Water fearing and water loving.
What is hydrophobic and hydrophilic?
Four ringed steroid structure in the cell membrane that keeps it fluid (hint: it is in your bloodstream too).
What is cholesterol?
A protein that opens and closes to the environment to move things into or out of the cell.
What is a carrier protein?
Transports molecules into the cells.
What is endocytosis?
These act as openings to allow molecules to move in and out of the cell.
What are channel proteins?
A rigid structure that has to be porous to let membrane contents in or out (hint: not found in animal cells).
What is the cell wall?
They function as antennae or signal receptors for the membranes (hint: one of the macromolecules).
What are carbohydrates?