What is the nucleus (circular DNA also in mitochondria and chloroplast)
100
What is the powerhouse of the cell?
What is the mitochondria
100
A cell wall is composed of what?
What is cellulose
100
What is the molecular formula for glucose?
What is C6H12O6
100
What are triglycerides composed of?
What is 1 glycerol and 3 fatty acids
200
True or False. Both plant and animal cells have a cell membrane
True
200
This organelle's role is to breakdown unwanted structures or whole cells
What is lysosome
200
Name two examples of foods that contain polysaccharides
What is cereal, potatoes, legumes etc.
200
What is the difference between alpha and beta glucose?
What is the orientation of H and OH on the first carbon
200
Tue or False. The triglyceride must have 3 fatty acids of the same length in order to function
False.
300
In what two locations can ribosomes be found?
What is the cytoplasm and endoplasmic reticulum
300
What two components make up ribosomes
What is RNA and protein
300
Explain why viruses are deemed non-living
They can only reproduce by infecting and taking over living cells; hijacking the protein synthesizing machinery of the host cell to make new virus particles
300
How are glycogen and amylopectin similar?
What is they both use alpha glucose and branch out with 1-6 linkages
300
What bond is formed between a glycerol and fatty acid?
What is an ester bond
400
What structure is absent from most plant cells but are found in animal cells?
What is centrioles
400
Which structure transports lipids?
What is the smooth ER
400
In a prokaryotic cell, the cell wall is composed of what?
What is peptidoglycan
400
What is the importance of monosaccharides in living organisms?
What is they are a source of energy and are used as building blocks for larger molecules
400
In phospholipids which is the hydrophilic component?
What is the head with the phosphate group
500
From the features below, which are found in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
1) Ribosomes
2) Cytoplasm
3) Cell surface membrane
What is 1,2 and 3
500
I am a passageway that carries proteins and other materials from one part of the cell to another.
ER/ Endoplasmic Reticulum
500
How are lipids and carbohydrates similar?
They both utilize condensation reactions to form bonds (Ester and glycosidic bonds respectively)
500
Besides polysaccharides, where are monosaccharides utilized in the cell?
What is DNA or RNA
500
Why are lipids excellent energy reserves?
What is they have many more C-H bonds than carbohydrates (Longer fatty acid chains have a higher caloric value than shorter chains)