Study Guide 4 Flashcards
(10 cards)
Glucose molecules are to starch as ____ are to proteins
amino acids
Which of the following statements regarding carbon is false
F: Carbon has the ability to bond with up to six other atoms
T: Carbon has a tendency to form concealment bonds
T: carbon has the capacity to form single and double bonds
T: Carbon has the ability to bond together to form extensive, branched, or unbranched skeletons
What is the general function of enzymes within a cell
to speed chemical reaction
Adenine makes up 40% of the nucleotides in a sample of DNA. What percentage will be thymine
40%
Males are more often affected by se-liked traits than females because
males only have one X chromosome
A cell that neither grains or loses water when it is immersed in solution must be:
isotonic
Which of the following statement is true
meiosis produced 4 haploid cells and mitosis produces 2 diploid cells
When crossing a homozygous recessive with a heterozygote, what is the chance of getting an offspring with the recessive phenotype
50%
Which of the following statement about water is false
F: ice is more dense than liquid
T: water exists in all 3 states
Floating ice on a pond insulates the water below, slowing freezing
T: water is polar
The overall equation for cellular respiration
C6H1206 +602 ____ 6C02 +6H20 + energy