Organelles | Membranes | Cellular Respiration | Photosynthesis | Wildcard |
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What is the nucleus
The brain of the cell; where DNA is stored
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What is phospholipid bilayer
Biological membranes are composed of two layers forming this
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What is glycolysis
The process of breaking a glucose into two pyruvate
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What is glucose
What is the primary sugar produces in photosynthesis? This sugar is represented in the chemical equation.
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What is photosynthesis
The important process that added oxygen to the earth's early atmosphere
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What is a ribosome
Small proteins that produce other proteins
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What is an integral protein
Proteins that pass through the entire membrane
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What is FADH2
FAD+ after obtaining electrons and protons to traffic to the electron transport chain
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What is the stomata
Plants use this specialized organelle to allow for gas exchange.
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What is liquid water
As the earth cooled, the presence of this compound greatly changed the plant's environment
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What is the chloroplast
Where photosynthesis occurs
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What is diffusion
The movement of particles down its concentration gradient; the perfume examples also shows this
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What is fermentation
The anaerobic process that occurs if no oxygen is present/available in the body. This happens when we exercise vigorously
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What is the light independent cycle
Another name for the Calvin Cycle
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What is the plant wall
This sturdy structure is unique to plant cells
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What is the Mitochondria
Where cellular respiration occurs
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What is active transportation
The process of pumping an ion against its concentration gradient; required ATP
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What is the electron transport chain
This produces around 30 ATP per glucose; and takes place within the mitochondria
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What is rubisco
The enzyme that works with RuBP in the
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What is a peripheral protein
Proteins that only interact with half of the lipid bilayer
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What is the golgi apparatus
The packaging center of the cell
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What is the sodium potassium pump
This pump uses more than 50% of the brain's cellular energy; responsible for pumping two ions against their gradients
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What is acetyl CoA
What is the compound that enters the Creb's cycle
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What is Carbon Fixation
The process of taking carbon from the air and producing organic molecules
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What is something that is precise but not accurate
A scale that is always 5 grams off is an example of this
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