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if biosphere is the largest organization, then, ecosystem, what comes next if we were to go smaller?
organisims
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Psalm 139:13-15 know generally what it is about
we were kit together in our mothers womb, we are fearfully and wonderfully made
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name one scientific thought of the past, when the right was already written in the bible
the world is not flat, it is round
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what is an organic molecule?
it is a molecule made from carbon
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why is carbon so unique- how many bonds can it form?
it is essential to life- 4 bonds
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what is hydrocarbon?
a compound of only hydrogen and carbon
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what is a functional group?
a group of atoms within a molecule that interacts in predictable ways with other molecules
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write the formula for hydroxyl and amino groups
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What is a polymer?what is a monomer?
- poly- a long chain of small molecular units (monomers)
- mono- a small molecular unit that is the building block of a larger molecule
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what are then 4 large organic macromolecules or polymers?
carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins
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what reaction happened when we linked elmer's glue monomers together?
dehydration reaction
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what do carbohydrates do for your cells?
main fuel supply for cellular work, cells break down glucose molecules and extract their stored energy
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what are the 3 major carbohydrates?
- monosaccharides- simple sugars contain just one sugar unit
- disaccharides- "double sugar" sucrose
- polysaccharides- complex carbohydrates
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what do proteins do for your cell?
responsible for almost all of the day-to-day functioning of organisms
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what is diff. between saturated and unsaturated fats?
saturated fats have more hydrogen than unsaturated fats
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what is cholesterol?
a waxy, fat-like substance found in cells in our bodies
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what are chains of amino acids called?
polypeptide chains
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how many amino acids are in our body?
20
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what does a catalyst do?
speeds up a reaction
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how does an enzyme react with a substance?
it breaks up the substance into two separate substances
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write the 3 parts of the cell theory
- 1. all living organisms are composed of cells
- 2. the cell is the most basic unit of life
- 3. all cells are from pre-existing cells
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what receives, modifies, and transports ?
(RMT)
golgi
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what holds water?
vacoule
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transports things around cell?
vesicles
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makes proteins?
ribosomes
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makes energy in the form of ATP?
- mitochondria
- energy= cellular respiration
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allows support and flexibility? what are the 2 parts of this?
- 1. endoplasmic reticulum
- 2. smoothER and roughER
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diffusion movement is ______ to ______, this is PASSIVE TRANSPORT=NO ______ required
- 1. high conc.
- 2. low conc.
- 3. energy
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why does the mitochondria have a folded inner membrane?
increase surface area to maximize production of ATP energy
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what is the difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells and which ones do humans or bacteria have?
- 1. eukar. have many organelles in the cell, and prokar. does not
- 2.humans=eukar.
- bacteria= prokar.
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plant cell animal cell
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- plant animal
- - cell wall and membrane - membrane (c)
- - chloroplasts - no chloroplasts
- - large vacuole - small vaculoes
- store food as starch - store food as
- glycogen
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facilitated diffusion is using the ________ in the membrane to pass certain things through
proteins
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what are 3 proteins that help the cell membrane?
carrier, channel, and glycol
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osmosis is the diffusion of______.
water
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active transport requires _____ to move things opposites ( ____ to ____)
- 1. energy
- 2. low to high concentraction
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exocytosis- __________________________________________________.
process of exporting proteins from a cell by a vesicle fusing with the plasma membrane
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endocytosis- ____________________________________________________________.
process of taking material into a cell within vesicles that bud inward from the plasma membran
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