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First
Semester Review 2004-05 |
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What
are the smallest units that can carry on life functions called? |
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Living
things are composed of ______________. |
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Give
an example of a scientific observation. |
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What
is a hypothesis? |
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What
3 things compose an atom? |
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Matter
is made of ________________. |
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When
atoms gain energy, what happens to electrons? |
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Do
cells contain a few or thousands of different kinds of enzymes? |
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__________________
reactions are important in organisms because they allow the passage of
energy from one molecule to another. |
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What
is a polar molecule? |
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Water
molecules break up other polar substances. Give an example of such a
polar molecule. |
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What
happens to ionic compounds in water? |
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Which
is not a carbohydrate ----- glycogen, steroids, cellulose, or sugars? |
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Amino
acids are the monomers for making ________________. |
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Is
ice an example of an organic molecule? |
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The
type & order of the amino acids determines the ___________ of a
protein. |
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Very
active cells need more of which organelle? |
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What
organelle is the packaging & distribution center of the cell? |
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What
membrane surrounds the nucleus? |
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What
is the function of mitochondria. Sketch their shape. |
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Where
is chlorophyll found in plants? |
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Diffusion
takes place from ________________ concentration to ___________. |
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If
a cell has a high water content, will it lose or gain water? |
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Ink
dispersing in a beaker is an example of ________________. |
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Very
large molecules enter cells by a process called ________________. |
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Endocytosis
and exocytosis occur in ______________ directions across a cell
membrane. |
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What
is photosynthesis? |
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Where
do the dark reactions of photosynthesis take place? |
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When
chlorophyll absorbs light energy ATP is made and what other energy
carrying molecule? |
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When
chlorophyll absorbs light energy, what happens to its electrons? |
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_______________
molecules are responsible for the photosystems. |
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Electrons
that have absorbed energy & moved to a higher energy level enter
what chain? |
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When
cells break down food molecules, energy is temporarily stored in what
molecule? |
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When
muscles do not get enough oxygen, what acid forms during exercise? |
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If
you are growing bacteria in a culture and lactic acids starts to form,
the bacteria are not getting enough of what gas? |
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The
2 stages of cellular respiration are _____________ & oxidative
respiration. |
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Citric
acid forms in which cycle during cellular respiration? |
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ATP
molecules are formed inside what cellular organelle? |
| What is the study of life called? | |