Cells
Where are proteins assembled?
What are ribosomes?
Sister chromatids are attached to each other at an area called the...?
What is centromere?
What solution does water always moves towards during osmosis?
What is hypotonic solution?
What is used by cells to store and release the energy needed to power cellular processes?
What is ATP?
Which cell organelle converts light energy into chemical energy stored in food?
What is chloroplasts?
If a cell has 12 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will each of its daughter cells have after mitosis and cytokinesis?
What is 12?
Large molecules such as glucose move across cell membranes through special protein channels during...?
What is facilitated diffusion?
Photosynthesis can be modeled by its overall chemical reaction. Which two compounds are the inputs, or reactants, of this reaction?
What is carbon dioxide and water?
Which organelles are known as the "power plants" of the cell because they transfer chemical energy stored in food into compounds the cell can use?
What is mitochondria?
Most of the life of any cell is spent in a period of growth called...?
What is interphase?
Which means of particle transport requires input of energy from the cell?
What is active transport?
Cells use the energy available in food to make a final energy-rich compound called...?
What is ATP?
Despite having a difference in size and shape, at some point all cells have DNA and _____________ .
What is a cell membrane?
The timing in the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells is believed to be controlled by a group of closely related proteins known as ___________?
What is cyclins?
During surgery, exposed tissues are moistened with sterile Ringer's solution to prevent shrinkage or lysis of the cells. Ringer's solution must be ___________ relative to cells in the tissue.
What is isotonic?
The process that releases energy from food in the presence of oxygen is...?
What is cell respiration?
The relatively constant internal physical and chemical conditions that all organisms must maintain to survive is known as....?
What is homeostasis?
What is a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth?
What is Mitosis?
Solute particles move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration in a process called...?
What is diffusion?
In a model summarizing cellular respiration, which of the following must be represented as raw materials, or the reactants of the process?
What is glucose and oxygen?