Cells and Mitosis
The organelle that controls what enters and leaves the cell (called selectively permeable)
What is the cell membrane?
Organisms that make their own food are called ______________
autotrophs or producers
Protons, neutrons, and electrons
Where DNA is located in the cell
What is the nucleus?
Are Viruses living or nonliving?
Nonliving
The stage of mitosis when chromosomes "meet" in the middle?
What is metaphase?
A sequence of who eats who to gain energy is shown as a ___________
food chain
Polymers are made up of _________
Monomers
What are the four nitrogenous bases?
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine
Can I take antibiotics for a virus? (Such as the common cold or the flu)
NO
When cells undergo mitosis at an uncontrollable rate what happens?
Cancer
What are the products of Photosynthesis?
The energy needed to get a reaction started is the____________
Activation Energy
What happens when a piece of DNA is missing?
Genetic Information is lost
What is a vaccine?
A dead or weakened form of a pathogen that helps your body to build immunity
What process happens in the Mitochondria?
What process happens in the Chloroplast?
M- cellular respiration
C- photosynthesis?
Cellular Respiration releases energy by breaking down ___________
Food
Name two facts about enzymes:
-They are proteins
-They are shape-specific
-They usually end in -ase
-They speed up chemical reactions
If I have 22% of G, How much C will I have?
C= 22
What are the two cycles of a virus? How are they DIFFERENT?
Lytic= Immediate infection
Lysogenic= Infection only when activated. Stays with you forever!
One difference in cell division of plants and animals is that plant cells have a _____________
Cell Plate
Where does lactic acid fermentation occur?
Muscle Cells
Anaerobic environments
What number(s) on the pH scale are considered acidic? Neutral? Basic?
Acidic: Below 7
Basic: Above 7
Neutral: 7
What did Rosalind Franklin do?
Took an X-ray diffraction picture of DNA that helped Watson and Crick see the double helix shape of DNA
What are the three shapes of a prokaryote?
Bacilli, Cocci, Spirillum