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Basic Chemistry
Classes of Biomolecules
Parts of a cell
Cell Transport
Cell cycle
100
The chemical symbol of this element is Na
What is sodium?
100
The building blocks of carbohydrates
What are monosaccharides?
100
This is the part of the cell that controls what goes in and what comes out
What is the cell membrane?
100
The type of transport that moves substances down their concentration gradient
What is passive transport?
100
A cell that retains the ability to divide without specialization
What is a stem cell?
200
An atom with a positive or negative charge
What is an ion?
200
Fats, phospholipids and steriods are all examples of this class of biomolecules
What are lipids?
200
This is the part of the cell that houses genetic material and controls cellular activities
What is the nucleus?
200
The molecule that moves across the cell membrane in osmosis
What is water?
200
The type of cell division that produces new skin cells
What is mitosis?
300
This type of chemical reaction occurs during digestion
What is decomposition?
300
The building blocks of proteins
What are amino acids?
300
The molecules that form the bilayer of the cell membrane
What are phospholipids?
300
A cell will swell if it is placed in this type of solution
What is a hypotonic solution?
300
The process of specialization in a cell
What is differentiation?
400
This is a measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution
What is pH?
400
This class of molecules serve as structural materials, energy sources or hormones in the human body
What are proteins?
400
The part of the cell membrane that is involved in facilitated diffusion and active transoprt
What are proteins?
400
This type of transport moves substances against their concentration gradient
What is active transport?
400
Cell death
What is apoptosis?
500
A molecule that speeds up the rate of a reaction without being consumed in the process
What is the catalyst?
500
Fiber, cellulose and flour are all this type of carbohydrate
What is a complex carbohydrate or polysaccharide?
500
The part of the cell that is involved in releasing energy from food molecules
What is the mitochondria?
500
A white blood cell engulfs a foreign bacteria using this process
What is endocytosis?
500
The type of cell division that helps a bone to increase in length
What is mitosis?