Chemistry of Life
Cells
Give Me Energy
Divide This
Mendelian What?
100
Atoms that have gained or lost one or more electrons, hence creating a charge (positive or negative).
What is Ions
100
Lipid bilayer structure with embedded proteins.
What is the plasma membrane
100
A measure of the degree of disorder in a system
What is entropy
100
The simplified process by which a prokaryote cell divides
What is binary fission
100
The term used to describe alternative forms of a gene
What is allele
200
Two atoms that share electrons are connected by what kind of bond?
What is Covalent
200
The group of cells that include all bacteria and archaea
What are Prokaryotic
200
Proteins that catalyze chemical reactions in the cells.
What are enzymes
200
Cell division of the reproductive cells.
What is meiosis
200
A change in the identity of a single nucleotide within a gene.
What is a mutation
300
The process by which spontaneous ion formation occurs.
What is Ionization
300
Stacks of flattened vesicles that package proteins for export from the cell.
What is the Golgi Complex
300
The energy currency is the cell.
What is ATP
300
Growth and reproduction of DNA occurs in what phase of the cell cycle?
What is Interphase
300
The physical expression of the genotype.
What is the phenotype.
400
Proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids are examples of what?
What is Macromolecules
400
The network of protein filaments that provide the cell with structural support and cell movement.
What is he cytoskeleton
400
The main pigments responsible for the initiation of photosynthesis
What are chlorophylls and carotenoids
400
The phase of mitosis when the chromosomes align.
What is metaphase
400
When two or more genes interact, having an additive or masking effect.
What is epistasis
500
Formed from long polymer chains of amino acids, joined with covalent peptide bonds.
What are Proteins
500
Longs threads of DNA that form a complex with protein.
What are chromosomes
500
The dismantling of food molecules to obtain energy.
What is cellular respiration
500
The term used to define the division of the cytoplasm just before the cell cleaves.
What is cytokinesis
500
The number of homologous chromosomes in a human.
What is 46