A type of transport across the cell membrane that requires a molecule to pass through a channel but does not require energy.
Facilitated diffusion
What two substrates are needed for photosynthesis?
How many net molecules of ATP are produced as a direct result of glycolysis?
2
Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and sulfur are elements found in living cells. Which is the least common?
sulfur
What are the 3 parts of a nucleotide?
Sugar, phosphate, and nitrogenous base
Name one cell part that is found in all cells.
Cytoplasm, ribosomes, cell membrane
If a plant is exposed to varying intensities of light, what happens to the amount of oxygen produced as the light intensity increases?
Oxygen production increases
What has glucose been converted to at the end of glycolysis?
Pyruvate
What is the primary function of carbohydrates?
energy storage
If 15% of a sample of DNA is thymine, what percentage is guanine?
35%
Name one feature a plant cell has that an animal cell doesn't have.
Chloroplasts, Cell wall, large vacuole
What is another name for the light independent reactions in photosynthesis?
Calvin Cycle
Where in the cell does the Krebs cycle take place?
Mitochondria
What is the chemical formula for a disaccharide?
C12H22O11
What are short segments of DNA formed during DNA replication called?
Okazaki fragments
What organelle processes proteins before they leave the cell?
Golgi apparatus
What is the name of the jelly-like fluid inside of a chloropast?
Stroma
What is a by-product of anaerobic respiration?
lactate or ethanol
What type of bond holds 2 amino acids together?
Peptide bond
Which enzyme catalyzes the synthesis of the leading strand of DNA?
DNA Polymerase III
What is the name of the process that releases molecules from the cell through vesicles fusing with the cell membrane?
Exocytosis
In the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis, what supplies low energy electrons to photosystem II?
Water
In the mitochondrial electron transport chain, what is the last electron acceptor?
oxygen
What process occurs when fatty acids combine with glycerol to make a triglyceride?
condensation reaction
What is formed during transcription?
mRNA