Cell Membrane
This component of the cell membrane is primarily responsible for its fluidity.
What is phospholipids?
This macromolecule is composed of amino acids.
What are proteins?
This organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell.
What is the mitochondrion?
This is the term for the type of bond that holds water molecules together
What are hydrogen bonds?
This type of transport does not require energy to move substances across the cell membrane.
What is passive transport?
This type of macromolecule includes sugars and starches.
What are carbohydrates?
This organelle is responsible for protein synthesis.
What are ribosomes?
This term describes the attraction between water molecules
What is cohesion?
These proteins span the entire membrane and help with the transport of molecules.
What are integral proteins?
This type of carbohydrate consists of two linked monosaccharide units and includes sucrose and lactose.
What are disaccharides?
This organelle contains enzymes that help in digesting macromolecules and cellular waste.
What are lysosomes?
This term describes water's ability to dissolve many substances
What is a universal solvent?
This key function of the cell membrane involves its role in maintaining homeostasis by regulating the particular import and export of ions, nutrients, and waste products, crucial for maintaining cellular internal conditions.
What is selective permeability?
This polysaccharide is a key structural component in the cell walls of plants, providing rigidity and strength, and is composed of long chains of glucose units linked by β-1,4-glycosidic bonds.
What is cellulose?
This organelle is responsible for packaging and modifying proteins and lipids.
What is the Golgi apparatus?
The reason water can't water interact effectively with lipids
What is polarity?
This molecule influences the arrangement of kinked and unkinked fatty acid chains, stabilizing membrane fluidity across temperature fluctuations.
What is cholesterol?
What are glycerol, fatty acids, and triglycerides?
This organelle is involved in the synthesis of membrane-bound and secretory proteins due to its ribosome-studded surface
What is Rough ER?
The property of water that is crucial for temperature regulation in living organisms through evaporative cooling