Basic Chemistry
The basic building block of all matter in the Universe.
What is an atom?
A polymer is made of this type of molecule.
What is a monomer?
This cell structure found in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes is the boundary of the cell and controls what enters and leaves the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
The movement of substances from high to low concentration.
What is diffusion?
To be considered living, a creature must fulfill (all, some, one) of the qualities of life.
What is all?
A molecule is two or more atoms with a covalent bond meaning they share this.
What is an electron?
This macromolecule is made from nucleotides, is double stranded, and stores the genetic codes of all living creatures.
What is DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)?
This structure contains the DNA in a eukaryotic cell and is missing in a prokaryotic cell.
What is a nucleus?
This form of passive transport uses protein tubes in a membrane to increase the speed of diffusion.
What is a facilitated diffusion?
All living things maintain this, a relatively consistent internal environment.
What is homeostasis?
What is an ionic compound?
Glycogen and starch are long-term energy storage molecules of this type of macromolecule.
What is carbohydrate?
This structure houses ribosomes and enzymes for protein and other material construction.
What is the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)?
This is the diffusion of water.
What is osmosis?
The smallest unit of a living organism.
What is a cell
What is a polar molecule?
Most enzymes, which reduce activation energy in a chemical reaction, are this type of macromolecule.
What is a protein?
This structure is used by all eukaryotes to convert chemical energy into easily usable energy molecules.
Active transport uses this to move substances which are polar, ionic, too large for diffusion or from low concentration to high concentration.
What is energy?
Similar to a single organisms' grow and develop, this quality of life refers to an entire species' changes over generations.
What is adaptation?
Polar molecules are __________ meaning they love water.
What is hydrophilic?
This type of amphiphilic lipid makes up most of each cell membrane.
What is a phospholipid?
This structure is found in plants and converts light energy into chemical energy storage molecules.
What is the chloroplast?
The process of a cell enveloping extremely large particles in part of it's membrane to bring the particle in for use.
What is metabolism?