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exam 3 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Carbonic anhydrase | enzyme in RBC that catalyzes CO2+H2O into HCO+H |
| Guard Cells | one of two specialized, crescent-shaped cells forming the border of a plant stoma; can help change shape to open or close the stoma |
| Stromata | fluid matrix of chloroplast, enclosed inside double membrane envelope where thylakoids embedded; site of calvin cycle |
| Calvin cycle | light independent reaction that makes G3P or sugars for plants |
| Carbon fixation | process of converting gas CO2 into organic molec |
| Glyceraldhyde-3-phosphate | 3 carbon sugar that forms glucose and lets RuBP regenerate |
| Ribulose Biphosphate Carboxylase | enzyme in calvin cycle that catalyzes fixation of CO2 to ribulose biphosphate. This forms two molecules of 2-phosphoglycerate |
| free energy | E of system that can be converted into work |
| exergonic | exergonic reactions release E and are spontaneous |
| endergonic | Endergonic reactions require E and are not spontaneous |
| catabolism | break down large, complex molecules; release energy |
| anabolism | build large, complex molecule; need energu |
| centrosome | microtublue organizing center for cells cytoskeleton and for spinds apparatus during division |
| centromere | region of tightly condensed region of replicated chromonsome |
| chromatid | 2 identical double stranded DNAs connected at centromere; compose a replicated chromosome |
| chromosome | 1 double stranded molec of DNA wound around histone proteins |
| spindle fiber | array of microtubles responsible for moving chromosomes |
| centriole | |
| kintechore | |
| cleavage furrow | |
| acclimatization | |
| conformer | |
| regulator | |
| ectotherm | |
| endotherm | |
| osmolarity | |
| hypoosmotic | |
| hyperosomotic | |
| isosmotic | |
| ammonia | |
| urea | |
| uric acid | |
| hemolymph | |
| interstitial fluid | |
| erythrocyte | |
| luekocyte |