Biochemistry
Cell Structure & Function
Energetics
Cell Communication
Potpourri
100

Functional groups that are hydrophobic are also this

What is nonpolar

100

Cells placed in this environment have no net movement of water into our out of the cell

What is isotonic?

100

The first step in cellular respiration occurs in the cytoplasm and involves this

What is glycolysis or the splitting of a glucose molecule?

100

Chemical signal that initiates a signaling pathway

What is a ligand?

100

This classifies a fat as unsaturated

What is a double bond?  Not the maximum amount of Hs possible

200

Classes of organic molecules that contain nitrogen

What are nucleic acids and proteins?

200

Evidence of endosymbiotic theory

What is organelles are double membraned and have their own DNA

200

The molecule responsible for an increase in the mass of plants over time 

What is carbon dioxide?

200

Phase in which replication of DNA occurs

What is S phase of interphase?

200

There is no difference between the control and experimental group

What is the null hypothesis?

300

Property of water created due to hydrogen bonding between neighboring water molecules

What is cohesion?

300

Cell organelles that rely on a H+ (proton) gradient

What are mitochondria and chloroplasts?

300

Conditions that can disrupt the creation of molecular interactions such as hydrogen and ionic bonds and hydrophobic interactions

What are pH and temperature?

300

Increase in glucose in blood leads to an increase in insulin production which decrease blood glucose.  This an example of 

What is negative feedback?

300

Duplicated chromosomes with the exact same genetic material

What are sister chromatids?

400
Two of the four bonds involved in tertiary and quaternary protein folding

What are hydrogen, disulfide bridges, ionic and hydrophobic interactions?

400

A cell is observed under a microscope with ribosomes and free floating DNA. It is classified as 

What is a prokaryotic cell?

400

A molecule is added to a cellular environment and it is observed that a specific enzymes active site is no longer available.  This molecule must be 

What is a competitive inhibitor?

400

An extracellular membrane receptor protein is mutated and has a conformational change.  This results in

What is a decrease in activity of that cell signaling pathway?

400

Organic molecule that is responsible for the primary structure of a protein

What is DNA?

500

Ratio of carbon to hydrogen to oxygen molecules in a carbohydrate

What is 1:2:1?

500

Protein channels that facilitate the transport of water molecules

What are aquaporins?

500

This molecular process provides the energy needed to maintain a H+ ion concentration gradient that powers the ATP Synthase enzyme complex

What is the electron transport chain?

500

Cells in the human body that have identical DNA include

What are liver, skin, kidney, heart (any cells except those produced by reproductive organs through meiosis?

500

Environmental stimulus that plays a role in initiating most autotrophic nutrition

What is light?