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100

What are the 4 major macromolecules?

lipids, proteins, carbohydrates and nucleic acids?

100

The reaction that breaks polymers into monomers by adding water

Hydrolisis

100

Identify this macromolecule:

Sucrose (poly)

100

What is osmosis?

The net movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane following the concentration gradient

100

What are endo and exocytosis?

Endo: bring things in

Exo: take things out

100

What is an atom made up of?

In central nucleus: protons, neutrons, 

Orbiting clouds around nucleus: (electron shell) electrons

100

What is thermodynamics and what are it's 1st and 2nd laws?

The study of energy and its transformations

1: Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed (conservation of energy law)

2: When energy ischanged from one form to another, there is a loss of energy that is available to do work. (entropy law)   

100

What is energy and what are its two types?

Energy: the ability to do work or bring about
a change 

Kinetic energy:
Energy of motion
Water going over a waterfall
Mechanical

Potential energy
Stored energy
Chemical energy
The food we eat

100

What are the characteristics of life?

Homeostasis, adaptation/evolution, organized, requires materials & energy, responds to stimuli, reproduces & develops

100

What is natural selection?

Mechanism of evolution where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring

Charles Darwin

200

A fatty acid with no carbon–carbon double bonds

saturated fatty acid

200

A reaction that removes a molecule of water as two molecules become bonded together.

Dehydration synthesis

200

Identify this macromolecule:

Glucose (mono)

200

Movement of molecules from high to low concentration without energy input

Passive transport

200

Describe a hypertonic, hypotonic, and ionic solution

Hypertonic: Solution has more salt than cell. Water leaves cell

Hypotonic: Solution has less salt than cell. Water enter cells

Ionic: Salt levels between solution and cell are equal. Net movement of water is equal

200

What is pH and its scale?

pH: measure of hydrogen ion concentration
in a solution 

pH scale: 0-14 

0 to 6.999... = Acidic
7 = Neutral
7+ to 14 = Basic (or alkaline)

Logarithmic scale: Each unit change in pH represents a 10-fold change in H+ concentration


200

What are enzymes, inhibitors, and active sites?

E: Biological catalysts that speed up reactions 

I: A molecule that binds to an enzyme and decreases or stops its activity 

AS: The region of an enzyme where the substrate binds 


200

What are reactants and products?

Reactants participate in a reaction.

Products form as result of a reaction.

200

What is the scientific method and its steps?

Observation

Hypothesis

Prediction(s) and experiment(s)

Data collection w/statistical analysis

Conclusion

200

What are independent and dependent variables?

An independent variable is the cause, while a dependent variable is the effect in research/an experiment/etc...

300

A fatty acid whose hydrocarbon chain contains one or more double bonds.

Unsaturated Fatty Acid.

300

Name each type of saccharide and the macromolecule they are

Monosaccharides, Disaccharides and Polysaccharides (carbs)

300

Identify this molecule:

Saturated fatty acid

300

Transport that requires a membrane protein

Facilitated transport

300

What are crenation, plasmolysis, and lysis?

Crenation: Shrinking of animal cells in a hypertonic solution

Plasmolysis: Shrinking of cytoplasm/other organelles from the plant cell wall

Lysis: Rupturing of a cell in a hypotonic solution

300

Describe acidic, basic, and neutral, and give at least one example for each one

Acidic (pH 0–6.9): High concentration of H+ ions. Examples include lemon juice, vinegar, and stomach acid.

Basic (pH 7.1–14): Low concentration of H+ ions (or high(er) hydroxide OH-). Also known as alkaline; examples include soap, baking soda, and ammonia.

Neutral (pH 7.0): Balanced and H+ and OH- ions. Pure water

300

What are endo and exergonic reactions?

Exergonic Reactions: Products have less
free energy than reactants (release
energy). These occur spontaneously.

Endergonic Reactions: Products have more free energy than reactants (require energy input). These are nonspontaneous.


300

What is photosynthesis?

Biological process by which plants, algae, and certain bacteria convert light energy (usually from the sun) into chemical energy in the form of sugar (glucose)

300

Name the taxonomic hierarchy

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species.

300

Prokaryote vs Eukaryote?

Proks: No nucleus, no membrane-bound organelles, always unicellular, usually smaller

Euks: Has nucleus, has membrane-bound organelles, usually multicellular, usually bigger

400

Give an example of a disaccharide

What is sucrose or lactose or...?

400

What are the monomers for each macromolecule?

Carbohydrates: The monomers are simple sugars, also known as monosaccharides. An example is glucose.

Proteins: The monomers are amino acids

Nucleic Acids: The monomers are nucleotides. 

Lipids: Fatty acid and gycerol


400

Identify this macromolecule:

Nucleotide (mono)

400

Movement of substances against their concentration gradient using energy (ATP)

Active transport

400

What is turgidity?

Plant cell swollen, distended, or firm, primarily caused by high internal fluid pressure pushing the plasma membrane against the cell wall.

Turgor pressure 

400

Describe neutrons, protons, and electrons

Protons:Positively charged particles found in the nucleus. The number of protons determines the atomic number and identifies the element. They have a mass of approximately 1 atomic mass unit (amu).

Neutrons: Neutral particles with no charge, located in the nucleus with protons. They have a mass of approximately 1 amu. Variations in neutron number create different isotopes of an element.

Electrons: Negatively charged particles found in orbitals surrounding the nucleus. They have a very small mass, approximately 0.0005 amu.

400

What is ATP?

ATP: Adenosine triphosphate (nucleotide) high-energy compound used as energy in cells. Generated from ADP (extra P). 

Coupled reactions
Energy released by an exergonic reaction (or reactions) is
captured in ATP.
ATP is then used to drive an endergonic reaction.


400

What is cellular respiration?

Metabolic process by which living cells convert nutrients, primarily glucose, into usable energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

400

Why are cells generally small?

As a cell increases in size, volume increases faster than surface area, limiting efficient exchange across the membrane

400

What elements are 95% of biological life made out of?

CHNOPS: Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur 

500

The sugar difference between DNA and RNA

deoxyribose vs. ribose

500

Name the polymers for each macromolecule

Carbohydrates: Polymers are polysaccharides, starch, glycogen, cellulose...

Proteins: Polymers are polypeptides made of amino acid monomers.

Nucleic Acids: Polymers are polynucleotides, DNA or RNA, made of nucleotide monomers.

Lipids: Funky guys! These are not strictly polymers because they aren't composed of long, repeating chains of monomers. Fatty acid/gylcerol chain(s)

500

Identify this macromolecule:


Polypeptide

500

What is Bulk transport?

Movement of large materials using vesicles

500

Name the mechanisms used to help molecules through the cell membrane in facilitated, active, and bulk transport

Facilitated: Channel and carrier proteins

Active: Protein pumps and sodium-potassium pump

Bulk: Endo and exocytosis


500

Describe the difference between ionic and covalent bonds

Ionic bonds involve the transfer of electrons between metals and non-metals, while covalent bonds involve sharing electron pairs between non-metal atoms

500

How do living systems comply with the Second Law of Thermodynamics?

Organisms increase entropy in the surroundings by releasing heat during metabolism

500

Come up to the board and draw + label a plant cell!

:D

500

Come up to the board and draw + label an animal cell!

:D

500

What type of intermolecular force gives water its cohesion and high specific heat?

Hydrogen bonding