Cells/Osmosis
What are ribosomes?
These are Very small organelles made of protein and RNA. Function is to make proteins
What is chromatin?
This is the Name given to chromosomes when they are not dividing
Name 3 microorganisms
Bacteria, Fungi, Viruses
What does ATP stand for?
Adenosine Triphosphate
What are enzymes?
Biological Catalysts
What is a tissue culture?
These are Cells grown on a sterile nutrient medium outside an organism
What is mitosis?
A form of cell division that produces two daughter cells, genetically identical to each other and to the parent cell.
Name a process by which bacteria reproduce
Binary Fission
Name stage 1 of aerobic respiration?
Glycolysis
What are enzymes made up of?
Protein
What is active transport?
This is The movement of a substance(usually ions) from its area of lower concentration to its area of higher concentration. (Opposite of diffusion)
What is protoplasm?
This is all the living parts of a cell.
Name the 3 types of bacteria
Round
Rod
Spiral
What are the end products of Aerobic Respiration?
Carbon Dioxide
Water
ATP
What is metabolism?
The chemical changes that take place in a cell or an organism
What is a hypotonic solution?
This Has a low concentration of solutes and thus a higher concentration of water than another solution.
What is Cancer?
Where certain cells lose their ability to control both the rate of mitosis and the number of times mitosis takes place
Give an example of an autotrophic nutrition
Chemosynthesis
Photosynthetic
Where does stage 2 of aerobic respiration take place?
Mitochondria
What is the name of the enzyme used in the tests of pH and Temperature on enzyme activity?
Catalase
What is Turgor pressure?
This is the pressure of the cytoplasm and vacuole against the cell wall
What is the function of mitosis in unicellular organisms?
Reproduction
Give an example of heterotrophic nutrition
Saprophytes
Parasites
What happens in the ETS?
NADH breaks down to release ATP
Explain induced fit theory
Model proposing that the binding of a substrate or some other molecule to an enzyme causes a change in the shape of the enzyme so as to enhance or inhibit its activity