ch 7: membrane structure and function
This property allows the membrane to regulate what enters and exits.
What is selective permeability?
The totality of an organism’s chemical reactions.
What is metabolism?
This is the location where glycolysis occurs.
What is the cytosol?
These stacked structures house the photosystems.
What are thylakoids / grana?
This is a sport Riya plays.
What is tennis?
These amphipathic molecules form the basic structure of membranes.
What are phospholipids?
A reaction with a negative ΔG is described as this.
What is exergonic?
This process splits glucose into two pyruvates.
What is glycolysis?
The pigment that directly participates in the light reactions.
What is chlorophyll a?
This is the instrument Riya has been playing for the past 12 years.
What is the piano?
This molecule prevents membranes from becoming too rigid or too fluid.
What is cholesterol?
The molecule that powers most cellular work.
What is ATP?
The final electron acceptor in the ETC.
What is oxygen?
Flow of electrons that produces ATP, NADPH, and O₂.
What is linear electron flow?
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What is the Lumineers, Zach Bryan, or Taylor Swift?
These membrane proteins fully penetrate the hydrophobic core.
What are integral proteins?
Using energy from an exergonic reaction to power an endergonic one.
What is energy coupling?
This process converts pyruvate into acetyl-CoA.
What is pyruvate oxidation?
The cycle that reduces CO₂ into sugar.
What is the Calvin cycle?
This is Riya's favorite CFA item.
What is a peppermint milkshake?
This 1970 experiment proved that membrane proteins can move.
What is the mouse-human cell fusion experiment?
The energy barrier that reactants must overcome.
What is activation energy?
This part of respiration produces the most ATP.
What is oxidative phosphorylation (ETC + chemiosmosis)?
These pigments protect plants by dissipating excess light energy.
What are carotenoids?
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What is Sicily, Italy?