Water
What is the chemical formula for water?
What is H2O?
What is the structure in the cell that holds all genetic information?
The nucleus
What is the main component of the cell membrane?
Phospholipids
What are the two polymers of nucleic acids?
DNA & RNA
Lipids hold ____ (more/less/the same amount of) energy than/as carbohydrates
more
What is the name of the property that repels water?
What is hydrophobic?
The _______ reticulum can either be a Rough or Smooth ER.
endoplasmic
What is the property of the cell membrane that lets some substances pass more easily than others?
Selective permeability
_____-helices and ______-sheets are the secondary structures of proteins.(2-parts)
alpha,beta
What are the basic building blocks of carbohydrates?
Monosaccharides
What is polarity?
What is the process that allows for waste to leave the cell?
Exocytosis
What is the name of the lipid component of the cell membrane that helps maintain structure and fluidity?
Cholesterol
_________ are a group of nitrogenous bases, they include thymine and cytosine
What is the ratio of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in carbohydrates?
1:2:1
Water is a universal _____
What is solvent?
What makes the plant cell structure different from the animal cell is that it has a _____.
Cell Wall
What is the name of the protein that allows for water to rapidly cross the membrane?
aquaporin
How many different are r-groups can be used for Amino Acids?
20
Which type of fats have a single bond between carbon atoms?
Saturated fats
What is the force that acts up on water molecules to keep them together?
What is cohesion?
____ ribosomes are found floating in the aqueous environment of the cell's cytosol.
Free
What is the name of gradient created by the sodium-potassium pump that stores energy for active transport?
Membrane Potential or electrochemical gradient
What is the name of the bond that holds together phosphate and sugar in DNA & RNA
Phosphodiester Bonds
What are the bonds between carbohydrates called?
glycosidic bonds or glycosidic linkage