Chemistry of Life
Cell Structure and Function
Cellular energetics
Cell Communication
Random
100
What is the basic unit of an element?
Atom
100
What is the function of the cell membrane?
Regulates the passage of substances into and out of the cell, maintaining homeostasis.
100
What is the primary function of chloroplasts
Photosynthesis - converting light energy into chemical energy (glucose).
100
What is a ligand?
A signaling molecule that binds to a receptor protein.
100
What President
Grant
200
Name the four major organic macromolecules.
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids
200
Protein Pathway (3)
Ribosome, Rough ER, Golgi
200
What type of organisms do alcohol fermentation
(2 organisms needed)
Plants and Yeast
200
3 steps of a transduction pathway
1. Reception
2. Transduction
3. Response
200
What Bird
Emu
300
What is cohesion?
Water Sticking to itself
300
Water Moves towards _____________
(Explain in terms of Water Potential)
Lower/more negative
300
What is the role of NADH in cellular respiration?
It carries high-energy electrons to the electron transport chain.
300
Short Distance Signaling
Paracrine
300
What State is this
Colorado
400
6 Essential Elements for life
C H O N P S
400
Identify the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
Organelles
400
4 Steps of Aerobic Cellular Respiration
Glycolysis
Link Reaction
Krebs cycle (Citric Acid Cycle)
Electron Transport Chain.
400
These are skipped/ignored when a cell becomes cancerous.
Checkpoints
400
What artist/band is this?
Blink 182
500
Both Secondary Structures of a protein
Alpha Helix
Beta Sheet
500
One piece of Evidence for Endosymbiosis
own DNA
Binary Fission
Double Membrane
500
What is Chemiosmosis
Protons move through ATP synthase, driving the production of ATP
500
Differentiate between a haploid and diploid cell.
Haploid cells have half the chromosome number (n), while diploid cells have the full complement (2n).
500
Where Did I graduate from College
CU Boulder