The Molecules of Life
Name the macromolecule that living things use to store information.
What is DNA?
This cell within a cell is where glucose is broken down, and ATP is made.
What are mitochondria?
Lighter than air, and faster than a speeding bullet, this is the magic ingredient plants need to turn CO2 and water into glucose and oxygen.
What is light?
With the formula C6H12O6, this simple sugar is the starting material for cell respiration.
What is glucose.
The part of the cell cycle where the cell spends most of its time.
What is interphase?
Unlike facilitated diffusion, Active Transport requires the cell to use…
What is energy?
This process involves vesicles from inside of the cell fusing with the cell membrane, and allows the cell to export large molecules.
What is exocytosis?
The part of the chloroplast that produces O2.
What is the thylakoid?
This molecule is used to carry electrons to the Electron Transport Chain.
What is NADH?
Name one stage of mitosis where chromosomes are clearly visible.
What is metaphase or anaphase?
Made of simple sugars, this type of macromolecule includes starch and cellulose.
What are polysaccarides?
This part of the endomembrane system is responsible for modifying proteins, and transporting them outside of the cell.
What is the Golgi Apparatus?
In the light dependent reactions, electrons are taken from water, and carried to this molecule.
What is NADPH?
The molecule used by living things to store energy.
What is ATP?
The part of the cell cycle after mitosis, where the cell divides.
What is cytokinesis?
Made up of monomers called amino acids, this type of macromolecule includes (almost) all enzymes.
What are proteins?
This organelle, which is clearly visible under a microscope, is where living cells store the information they need to reproduce.
What is the nucleus?
This stage of photosynthesis produces glucose.
What are the light independent reactions?
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What is the Calvin Cycle?
ATP synthesis is powered by the diffusion of H+ ions from ____ to ___ concentration.
What is High to Low?
This part of interphase is when the cell’s DNA replicates.
What is S phase?
This type of molecule, which is made from fatty acids, is known for being hydrophobic.
What are lipids?
Made mostly out of phospholipids, this structure keeps the outside out and the inside in.
What is the cell membrane?
Unlike heterotrophs, this type of organism is able to use light to produce its own food.
What are autotrophs?
The breakdown of a single molecule of glucose.
What is glycolysis?
In this stage of mitosis, the nuclear membrane reforms.
What is telophase?