Random Biology
A possible answer to a scientific question; it must be falsifiable.
What is a hypothesis?
These simple molecules form the basis of all proteins
What are amino acids?
Type of fatty acid with double bonds
What are unsaturated fatty acid
A biomolecule that serves as a fast source of energy.
What are carbohydrates?
The process by which water moves through the cell membrane to balance out a high concentration of solutes.
What is osmosis?
The type of cells that contain DNA, cytoplasm, ribosomes, and a cell membrane, but no other membrane-bound organelles.
What is a prokaryote? (or prokaryotic cell)
Organelle where proteins and lipids are processed and then exported
What is the golgi apparatus
Organelle where cellular respiration occurs
What is the Mitochondria
movement of molecules across cell membranes without the need for energy input
What is passive transport?
A protein made of several polypeptide chains AND an inorganic component
What is a conjugated protein
Ion that glucose piggybacks on to cross a cellular membrane
What is Sodium
Theory that suggests that eukaryotic cells originated from a prokaryote engulfing another prokaryote.
What is the Endosymbiotic Theory?
Type of chemical reaction involving H2O used to create polypeptides
What is condensation
These are the products of cellular respiration
What are water, carbon dioxide, and ATP?
A type of protein used for facilitated diffusion
What are Channel or carrier protein