Chemistry
Macromolecules
Membranes & Transport
Cell Organelles
Random
100

The interaction between water molecules that is responsible for nearly every special property of water

what is hydrogen bonding?
100

when a protein folds in a cell, _____ side chains will be on the INSIDE of the protein.

what is Hydrophobic?

100

what three macromolecules make up the structural components of the cell membrane

what are lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates?

100

this organelle is responsible for receiving, sorting, and packaging cell materials for transport

what is the Golgi complex?

100

cells "money." needed for active transport

ATP

200

Attraction of water to other water molecules

what is cohesion?

200

The macromolecule that stores genetic information that codes for traits.

what is a nucleic acid?


200

a phospholipid has a polar head and nonpolar tail, it is said to be _____.

what is amphipathic?

200

this organelle, if punctured, would leak digestive enzymes into the cell's cytoplasm

what is a lysosome?

200

bulk transport inside of the cell (from outside to in)

endocytosis

300

Lipids hate water, so they are said to be ______. Whereas ions and polar things love water, so they are said to be _______.

what is hydrophobic and hydrophilic?

300

a biological macromolecule that is made up of glycerol and fatty acids

lipid

300

this 4 carbon ring structure that causes cell membranes to be more fluid at cold temperatures

what is cholesterol?

300

the glycoprotein that is most abundant in animal extracellular matrix

what is collagen?

300

a cell is in an equilibrium with its environment. the solution the cell is in must be this.

what is isotonic?
400

Four types of non-covalent interactions that cause macromolecules to fold into specific conformations

What are ionic bonds, hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic interactions, and van der Waal interactions? 

400

polysaccharides can provide two main functions

what is energy and structure?
400

movement of something from high to low concentration through a cell membrane protein

what is facilitated diffusion?

400

the motor protein that moves along actin filaments

what is myosin?

400

what do eukaryotic cells have that prokaryotes (bacteria) don't?

what are bound organelles & nuclei?

500

What property of water explains why when ponds freeze, they freeze at the surface first before freezing at the bottom.

what is density?
500

The monomer that serves as the building block of the polymer glycogen?

what is a monosaccharide? 

500

Ions move down their ______, when they move through ion channels

what is an electrochemical gradient?
500

a pesticide kills insects by disabling the ribosomes in their cells. what organelle is most immediately inhibited in the insect's cells?

what is protein synthesis or translation?

500

By this model, a cell membrane has a mixed composition of phospholipids, glycolipids, sterols, and proteins

what is the fluid mosaic model?