Bonds
This is a thing weaker than a covalent bond.
What is hydrogen bond?
______ has the same molecular formula but different arrangements.
What is structural isomer?
_____ are atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons but the same number of protons and electrons.
What is isotope?
Building blocks of a polymer.
What are monomers?
What is peptidoglycan?
If cohesion sticks to itself, what sticks to other things?
What is adhesion?
The element that is required in small amounts.
What is trace element?
The what of an atom arises from the existence of unpaired electrons in the valence shell?
What is the reactivity?
What are long chains of identical molecules?
What are polymers?
In order to keep the membrane more solid at a warmer temperature, cell membranes of an animal contains more what?
What are saturated fats?
The bonds that are broken when water vaporizes.
What are hydrogen bonds between water molecules.
Atoms held together by bonds.
The outermost shell of electrons.
What is the valence shell?
This measures the absorbance of light.
What are three important actions performed by membrane proteins?
What are signaling / binding / transport / recognition / enzymatic?
They have double bonds in the carbon chains of their fatty acids.
What are unsaturated fats?
Properties of water.
What are evaporative cooling, high specific heat, and cohesive behavior?
Most abundant atoms in living things.
What are carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen?
Four major macromolecules.
What are proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids?
According to what, proteins of the membrane are mostly embedded in a lipid bi-layer.
What is the fluid mosaic model of membrane structure?
Carbon forms _____ many covalent bonds.
What is Four?
Mirror image of molecules are called what.
What are enantiomers?
The difference between Carbon 12 and Carbon 14.
What are the different number of neutrons?
The molecule that maintains fluidity in the membrane.
What is cholesterol?
Vessicles binding to membranes and expelling molecules are called.
What is exocytosis?