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Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a cell? | Basic units of all forms of life |
| What does homeostasis mean? | the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, esp. as maintained by physiological processes |
| What does it mean when i say that water is polar? | Neutral |
| what element do all organic compounds contain? | Carbon |
| what are monomers? what are polymers? | small units |
| What are the monomers of carbohydrates? | Hydrogen and oxygen atoms |
| What are the monomers of nucleic acids? | hydrogen,oxygen |
| What are the four nucleotides and which ones hook together? | A and T, G and C |
| What are enzymes? | a substance produced by a living organism that acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction |
| what can affect how an enzymes function? | Temperature, Ph and amount |
| Lipids have a ____ heads that likes water and ____ tails that do not like water? | Hidrophilis, Hidrophopic |
| What are two Nucleic acids an dwe are familiar with? | RNA and DNA |
| A proteins structure determines its ____? | Role |
| What is a eukaryote? | Cell with nucleus |
| What is a prokaryote? | cell with no nucleus bacteria |
| Cell size is limited area by the cell? | surface area of cell membrane |
| what organelle protects the cell? | cell membrane |
| what two things are the cell membrane made of? | proteins and lipids |
| what does selectively permeable mean? | only lets in something |
| what are the pores and channels found in the cell membrane made out of? | proteins |
| what is organelle? | tiny organs in cells |
| what is the function of the nucleus? | make DNA |
| what is the function of the mitochondria? | make energy |
| what is the function of the ribosomes? | make proteins |
| what is the function of endoplasmic reticulum? | Help move ribosomes around the cell |