Chemistry & Water
This type of molecule allows for oxygen to be more electronegative than hydrogen, leading to an unequal distribution of electrons
What are Polar molecules?
These are the four (4) macromolecules
What are:
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Lipids
Nucleic Acids?
This is a substance produced by a living organism that acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction
What is an Enzyme?
This theory suggests that the mitochondrion was once a prokaryote that was engulfed by a cell and eventually became an organelle.
What is the Endosymbiotic Theory?
This organelle keeps a plant cell from bursting.
What is the Cell Wall?
This is a collection of hydrogen bonds that hold water molecules.
What is Cohesion?
The type of lipid that helps make up the plasma membrane.
What are Phospholipids?
"Raising the temperature slightly will ____________________ the rate of a reaction A) increase B) decrease C) not change
What is A.) increase?
Where the Citric Acid Cycle takes place.
What is the Mitochondrial Matrix?
This organelle contains hydrolytic enzymes to help break down cell waste.
What are Lysosomes?
The slight negative charge at one end of one water molecule is attracted to the slight positive charge of another water molecule.
What is Hydrogen Bonding?
The process by which macromolecules are joined together is called _______________.
What is dehydration synthesis?
This compound has carbon bonded to other atoms and determine structure/function of living things
What are Organic Compounds?
This system is how organelles communicate with one another throughout the cell
What is the Endomembrane System?
__________________ is found in plant cell walls and __________________ is found in fungal cell walls.
What is Cellulose? &
What is Chitin?
This property explains the ability of a water strider to walk on water
What is Surface Tension?
The process by which macromolecules are broken down is called ___________________.
What is hydrolysis?
T or F:
Enzymes lower activation energy
True
What are the 2 classes of organelles?
What are the Endomembrane system and the Energy-related organelle system?
This is the correct sequence of the transport of proteins.
What is the RER --> Golgi ---> vesicles ----> plasma membrane.
This molecule has a high heat capacity and a high heat of evaporation.
What is Water?
Amino acids are made up of these three groups.
What are the carboxyl group, amino group, and a variable (R) group?
The reactants in an enzymatic reaction
What are Substrates?
Pressure that is exerted by water or fluid against the cell wall.
What is Turgor Pressure?
What protein helps make up the hollow rod-like structure of microtubulin?
What is Tubulin?