Biochemistry
These are the three elements found in all biological macromolecules.
What are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?
This molecule with a hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tails makes up the majority of a cell's membranes.
What is a phospholipid?
This organelle is the site of transcription.
What is the nucleus?
This condition occurs when a cell has uncontrolled growth and division.
What is cancer?
This is the full first name of Mr. Swanson's son.
What is Nathaniel?
This type of macromolecule contains nitrogen and usually sulfur, and it can be identified by the presence of an R-group.
What is a protein (or amino acid)?
This organelle, which would not be found in prokaryotes, stores genetic information.
What is a nucleus?
Found on the lagging strand, these segments of DNA are replicated discontinuously and named after the married Japanese scientists who discovered them.
What are Okazaki fragments?
This is the stage of mitosis where chromosomes line up at an imaginary plate in the middle of a cell and attach to spindle fibers.
What is metaphase?
These cells either have the ability to differentiate into new cells or can be used to replenish old cells and are currently being researched for medical treatments.
What are stem cells?
This is the term for the building blocks of polymers.
What is monomer?
This type of transport, which moves substances from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration, requires energy in the form of ATP.
This sequence of DNA served as the template for the RNA sequence UAGCCAGUU
What is ATCGGTCAA?
What is S-phase?
What term describes an organisms ability to maintain a stable internal environment.
What is homeostasis?
This reaction type is used to build polymers and produces water as a byproduct.
What is dehydration synthesis?
Of the two types of passive transport, this type requires the use of transport proteins.
What is facilitated diffusion?
In addition to a sugar and phosphate group, nucleotides consist of this third group.
What is a nitrogenous base?
These structures are pulled apart during anaphase.
What are sister chromatids?
This term is used to describe the maximum number of times a cell can divide based on the shortening of chromosomes.
What is the Hayflick limit?
On enzymes, this is the name of the location where the substrate binds to.
What is the active site?
This cellular structure is responsible for making enzymes.
What is the ribosome.
Of the different types of RNA, this type brings amino acids to the ribosome during translation.
What is tRNA?
Consisting of DNA an proteins, this slightly coiled structure is found in the nucleus prior to supercoiling to form chromosomes.
What is chromatin?
Photosynthesis is classified as this type of energetic reaction because it absorbs energy to build glucose.
What is endothermic?