Prokes & Eukes
An organized compartment outlined by a plasma membrane, filled with an aqueous chemical matrix
What is a Cell?
The powerhouse of the cell
What is a mitochondria?
Elements that 96% of life is made out of
What are Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen?
The capacity to do work or store heat
A type of lipid that acts as a signaling molecule between cells
An organism that holds its chromosomes inside the nucleus
What is a eukaryote?
An organelle with a double membrane that holds genetic information
What is a nucleus?
The sum of the protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom
A 3 carbon long molecule and hydroxyl group with three hydrocarbon chains each ending in a carboxyl group attached to it
What is a triglycerol?
A region that holds a single coiled circular chromosome in a prokaryote
What is a nucleoid?
The site of protein synthesis
What is a ribosome?
A bond in which electrons are shared between two atoms to fill their outer valence shells
What is a covalent bond?
Energy stored in an electrochemical gradient across the plasma membrane of a cell
What is potential energy?
This kind of double bond causes a bend or "kink" in a hydrocarbon chain
What is a cis double bond?
A type of organization that isolates functions and increases efficiency of organelles.
What is compartmentation?
Organelle that performs phagocytosis and autophagy.
What is a lysosome?
What is an ionic bond?
Non-spontaneous reactions that require an addition of energy
Type of lipid that consists of a polar, hydrophilic head group and two non-polar, hydrophobic fatty acids
What is a phospholipid?
A unicellular organism without a membrane bound nucleus
What is a prokaryote?
An organelle that detoxifies toxic molecules and oxidizes fatty acids
What is a peroxisome?
A bond that forms between the partial negative charge of one molecule and the partial positive charge of another
What is a hydrogen bond?
States that entropy will always increase, leading to the release of energy in the form of heat
What is the Second Law of Thermodynamics?
What is the selective permeability of phospholipid bilayers?