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What is chemical potential?

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Measure of free energy available to do the work of moving a mole of molecules from one location to another

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What is the law of diffusion?

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Molecules move from areas of higher chemical potential to areas of lower chemical potential

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Give an example of a time chemical potential is used

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To move a molecule through a cell membrane

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The relationship between concentration of dissolved substance and chemical potential is what?

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Proportional

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Molecules move from areas of _____ concentration to areas of _____ concentration

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High concentration to Low concentration

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What is osmosis?

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Movement of water molecules from regions if higher water potential to regions of lower water potential across a selectively permeable membrane

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What is water potential?

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Measure of the chemical potential of water molecules

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What is water potential affected by?

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Amount of other substances dissolved in water

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The ______ the concentration of a dissolved solute in water, the _____ the water potential

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Greater, lower

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What is the water potential of pure water?

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0

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When solute is added to pure water, does the water potential become negative or positive

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Negative

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Water moves across membranes toward areas with ______ concentration of solutes, where the water potential is ______

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Higher, lower

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Give two examples of passive transport

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Diffusion

Osmosis

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What does passive transport mean?

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Molecules are moving down concentration or free energy gradients

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What is active transport?

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Moving a molecule against a gradient and requiring energy

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What movement is exhibited in Brownian movement?

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Jiggling

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Can you see water molecules in a microscope ?

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No

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Would an increase in temperature increAse or decrease the rate of Brownian movement?

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Increase

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Why are molecules in liquids in constant movement?

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Due to their kenetic energy

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What is the rate of diffusion controlled by? (4 things)

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The size of the diffusing particle
The temperature
The viscosity of the medium
The concentration gradient

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Does the net movement of molecules slow down as equilibrium is reached? Why?

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Yes, because the concentration gradient is smaller

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What can you say about the chemical potential of pigment molecules at different distances from the center of a spreading pigment spot

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At the center the chemical potential is higher, away from the center is lower

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How is chemical potential of pigment molecules related to their rate of movement?

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As the chemical potential decreases, the rate of movement slows down.

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Does net diffusion eventually come to an end? Why?

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Yes, because equilibrium was reached

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What type of membrane does a cell membrane have?
Semi permeable
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What molecules can move freely through the cell membrane?
Hydrophobic solute molecules, water, small polar uncharged molecules
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Solutes diffusing through a selectively permeable membrane diffuse from an area of ______ chemical potential to an area of _____ chemical potential
High, | Lower
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What happens it two solutions diffusing contain equal concentrations of solute?
Their chemical potentials are equal and no net movement of particles occurs
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In a laboratory how can molecules of different sizes be separated?
Molecules of different sizes can be separated by dialysis using artificial semipermeable membranes
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How do living membranes select molecules of differing sizes to go through them?
They change their pore size by altering lipid and protein content
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What can you say about the effects of molecular size on the diffusion of molecules across a semi permeable membrane?
If the molecule is very big then it won't go through the membrane
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What is an isosmotic/isotonic medium?
Medium that has the same concentration of osmotically active particles as are present inside the cell
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What is a hyperosmotic/hypertonic medium?
Medium that has higher concentration of osmotically active particles that forces a cell to lose water by osmosis to the medium
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What is plasmolysis and what does it occur in?
Plasmolysis is when a cell becomes dehydrated and shrinks and it occurs in plants
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What is crenation and what does it occur in?
Crenation is when a cell becomes dehydrated and shrinks. It occurs in red blood cells
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What is a hypoosmotic/hypotonic medium?
Medium that has a lower concentration of osmotically active particles.
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What is turgidity and in what does it occur?
Turgidity is when a cell gains water by osmosis and swells
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What is hemolysis? And in what does it occur?
Hemolysis is when a cell gains water and swells and can continue to gain water until it bursts. It occurs in red blood cells
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What does lysed mean?
The cell burst
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What is the relationship between the increase in mass and the molarity of sucrose in the dialysis bag?
There's a proportional relationship
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If two solutions are isotonic to each other, how do their solute concentrations compare?
They are the same
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What are enzymes?
Proteins that control reactions in cells
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What are biological catalysts?
Accelerate metabolic reactions to a biologically useful rate by lowering activation energy.
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Enzymes are ______ proteins
Globular
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Enzymes folds create the _____ site
Active
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Each amino acid has one specific _______
Substrate
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What is the alteration of the active site called?
An induced fit
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Any structural change in an enzyme will __________ it by altering its ________ and _______ the reaction rate
Denature Active site Slowing down/stopping
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What is an inhibitor?
A molecule that binds to the active site preventing a substrate from bonding and prevents chemical reactions
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Enzymes function best at optimal _______ and ______
Temperature | pH
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What enzyme is found in living tissues?
Catalase
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What does the enzyme catalase do?
Breaks down hydrogen peroxide in cells
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What is hydrogen peroxide broken down into?
Oxygen and water
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The presence/absence of what gas will determine if a reaction is taking place
O2
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What is the enzyme responsible for the browning process of fruits?
Catecholase
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What is the substrate of catecholase?
Catechol
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When does the browning reaction begin?
When the enzyme and substrate are brought together by cell damage in the presence of oxygen.
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Why does oxygen start the browning process in fruit? What molecule does it form?
Oxygen promotes the exchange of electrons and pulls electrons from catechole which forms benzoquinone.
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What does heat do to an enzymatic reaction?
Denatures the protein and decreases/stops reaction
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Explain what happens when a protein is denatured
It loses shape, substrate can no longer go in it, no more active area = no rx
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What is solid milk called?
Curd
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What is liquid part of milk called?
Whey
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What enzyme is required to produce cheese curd?
Rennin
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What is the major protein in milk?
Casein
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What does rennin do to casein?
Converts it to paracasein
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What does para casein do?
Clots or curds the milk.
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What is velocity?
Rate of rx
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Why is there no increase in reaction rate once the saturation level of the substrate is reached?
All enzymes activation sites are occupied so no further substrate can be used
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Does an increase in enzyme concentration influence the mass of curd produced?
Yes the more concentrated the more curd produced

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