Basic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Cell Structure and Function
Membrane Structure and Function
Photosynthesis and Respiration
100
A bond in which atoms share a pair of electrons.
What is a covalent bond.
100
A molecule with a carbon bonded to a hydrogen.
What is an organic molecule.
100
The reason cells must be so small.
What is surface-area-to-volume ratio.
100
Describes the structure of a membrane.
What is the fluid-mosaic model.
100
Stacks of membranes where the light reactions occur.
What are thylakoids.
200
A bond which dissolves easily in water, and consists of a metal and a non-metal.
What is an ionic bond.
200
The four most common elements found in living things.
What are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
200
The main components of a prokaryotic cell.
What is nucleoid, plasma membrane, cytoplasm, ribosomes.
200
Has a hydrophobic tail and a hydrophilic head.
What is a phospholipid.
200
Two places where electrons are excited by light.
What are photosystem I, photosystem II.
300
An atom has an atomic number of 8, and an atomic mass of 17. The charge is neutral. Find the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
What is 8 protons, 9 neutrons, and 8 electrons.
300
A water-fearing molecule.
What is hydrophobic.
300
Uncoiled DNA.
What is chromatin.
300
Transport that does not use energy.
What is passive transport, including diffusion, osmosis, and facilitated diffusion.
300
A reaction which causes a molecule to gain an electron, and a reaction which causes a molecule to lose an electron.
What is reduction (gain), and oxidation (lose).
400
The type of bond that results from an uneven sharing of electrons, causing a molecule to have a partial positive, and partial negative, charge.
What is a polar covalent bond.
400
The splitting of a molecule using water.
What is hydrolysis.
400
The organelles responsible for making and folding/packagin proteins.
What are ribosomes, rough ER, Golgi apparatus.
400
Transport that uses ATP for energy.
What is active transport, including exo and endocytosis.
400
The molecule that is oxidized during cellular respiration.
What is glucose.
500
An acid has a pH of 3. Determine the amount of H+ found in solution.
What is 1 x 10-3.
500
A fat with no double bonds, found in animals.
What is a saturated fat.
500
When chromosomes would be present in the nucleus of a cell.
What is during mitosis.
500
A solution that causes a cell to swell, and ultimately lyse.
What is hypotonic.
500
The molecule that is reduced during photosynthesis.
What is carbon dioxide.
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