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A lipid in which the carbon chain is not saturated by Hydrogen and therefore at least one double boind exists between them
Definition
What is an unsaturated lipid?
Term
A lipid in which there is only single bonds in the carbon chain.All carbons are surrounded by hydrogen. Solid at room temperature.
Definition
What is a saturated lipid?
Term
Belongs to the lipid class of compounds. Monoglyceride that services as a physical layer of protection in plants.
Definition
What is wax?
Term
The polysacchride found in the exoskeleton of athropods
Definition
What is chitin?
Term
The polysacchrride made up of thousands of glucose monomers that is stored in the liver of animals and is a reserve source of glucose. It is broken down into glucose monomers when needed.
Definition
What is glycogen?
Term
Creates peptide bonds during dehydration synthesis.
Definition
What is a protein?
Term
The dyglyceride that has both hyydrophobic and hydrophilic qualities.tail and head
Definition
What is a phospholipid?
Term
organic compound body utilizes as a primary source of energy
Definition
What is a carbohydrate?
Term
organic compund that has 4 possible levels of orginazation.
Definition
What is a protein?
Term
organinc compund appears in a ring formation in a water solution.
Definition
What is a carbohydrate?
Term
organic compound always has a ration 2 hydrogens to 1 oxygen.
Definition
What is a carbohydrate?
Term
steroids(lipids) and proteins
Definition
What is organic compounds compose hormones?
Term
steroid found in bloodstream and as a part of the cell membrane.
Definition
What is cholestrol?
Term
chemical reaction which adds water molecules.
Definition
What is hydrolisis?
Term
chemical reaction which removes water molecules.
Definition
what is dehydration synthesis?
Term
consists of ribose, one of four phosphate group.
Definition
What is RNA?
Term
consist of deoxyribose , one of four bases and a phosphate group.Never leaves the nucleus.
Definition
What is DNA?
Term
Loss of structure of a molecule such as protein.Molecule can no longer perform its structure properly.
Definition
Define the term denature or denaturation.
Term
a base
Definition
What releases OH hydroxide ions?
Term
Molecules that have the same chemical formula but different structural formulas
Definition
What are isomers?
Term
structure has an inner fluid called stroma.
Definition
What are chloroplasts?
Term
structure has an inner fluid called matrix.
Definition
What are mitochondria?
Term
structure that contains positively or negatively charged channels.
Definition
What is a cell membrane?
Term
contains holes that allow substances in and our of a plant cell.
Definition
What are cell wall pores?
Term
right outside the nucleur envelope.
Definition
What is the location that the centrioles reside after mitosis?
Term
structure that does proten synthesis
Definition
What is a ribosome?
Term
structure composed of microtubles and only present in animal cells during mitoses
Definition
What are centrioles?
Term
the dense region located within the nucleus.
Definition
What is the nucleolus?
Term
structure made up of DNA and histone proteins.
Definition
What is a chromosome?
Term
structure made up of rRNA and proteins.
Definition
What are ribosomes?
Term
the main component of cytoplasm
Definition
what is water?
Term
the energy molecule formed(from glucose) in the process of cellular respiration.
Definition
What is ATP?
Term
the osmotic pressure of a solution. it is related to solute concentration.
Definition
What is tonicity?
Term
transportation of a substance through a biological membrane that does not require energy.
Definition
What is passive transport?
Term
transportation of a substance through a biological membrane that does require energy.
Definition
What is active transport?
Term
enable a gene to be repressed/turned off.
Definition
what is micro RNA?
Term
micro RNA and a protein which bind onto mRNA strand and repress gene expression.
Definition
what is silencing complex?
Term
substance blood is mostly made up of.
Definition
what is water?
Term
RNA polymerase
Definition
what enzyme used to create mRNA?
Term
DNA polymerase.
Definition
What enzyme is used to edit and proofread mRNA?
Term
by using a polysome which are many ribosomes attached to one strand of mRNA and therefore creates many proteins strands at once.
Definition
What is an efficient way of creating many of the SAME exact proteins?
Term
DNA replication.
Definition
What is the process in which DNA copies itself?
Term
Poles
Definition
what are the opposite ends of the mitotic spindle called?
Term
The phase that crossing over occurs
Definition
what is Prophase 1?
Term
phase do homologous pairs form tetrads.
Definition
what is Prophase 1?
Term
process in which 3 polar bodies and one viable ovum created.
Definition
what is oogenesis?
Term
the process in which 4 gamete cells are created
Definition
what is spermatogenesis?
Term
phase is the DNA copied
Definition
what is interphase?
Term
process are chromosomes present
Definition
what is mitosis?
Term
the father of genetics.
Definition
who is gregor mendel considered to be?
Term
antigens
Definition
what is the substance on the surface of red blood cells called?
Term
greatest selective breeder
Definition
who is luther burbank?
Term
a sex linked disease that effects bloods ability to clot
Definition
what is hemophilia?
Term
tumors that are life threatening and move throughout the body from one location to the next
Definition
what is a malignant tumor?
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