Test 1 Flashcards
When an oxygen atom forms a chemical bond with another oxygen atom, what product does this reaction produce?
A Molecule.
Water forms because water molecules have high cohesion (tendency to stay together). The cohesion is caused by the polarity of eat water molecule (each water molecule has opposite electrical charges on its different ends), thus a slightly positive positive hydrogen atom on one water molecule tends to form a bond with a slightly negative oxygen atom on a different water molecule. These bonds are called?
Hydrogen Bonds
An element can be defined as?
A pure form of matter containing only one kind of atom.
Which subatomic particle of an atom has a negative electrical charge?
Electron
The definition is, “an atom or molecule that carries an electric charge (positive or negative) resulting from the loss or gain of an electron”. What term does this define?
Ion
Polarity refers to the slight negative and positive electrical charges that develop on different parts of a molecule when the electrons are not shares evenly. True or false?
True.
Molecules and compounds that are hydrophilic tend to interact readily with water, while those that do not are referred to as hydrophobic. True or false?
True.
What consists of the smallest number of “simple sugars”?
Monosaccharide.
Proteins are large molecules made up of chains of smaller units called?
Amino Acids.
What are the tails of phospholipids?
Fatty acids.
What is formed when two sugar molecules combine?
Disaccharide.
Electrons reside in well-defined “energy levels” around the nucleus of the atom. What is the name for these electron energy levels?
Shells.
Shells.
What is not an element and is instead a molecule made of two different types of atoms (Hydrogen, Carbon, Water, or Oxygen)?
Water.
Atoms are defined by?
- Number of protons
- Ex: all Carbon atoms will have same number of protons, but the number of their neutrons and electrons may vary.
Enzymes are a type of protein that tend to slow down chemical reactions. True or false?
False.
There are a lot of chemical terms that refer to “sugars” in its various forms. Which of the following terms references a simple sugar or a more complex molecule made up of simple sugars?
Carbohydrates.
What structure allows glucose molecules to pass through the plasma membrane of the cell?
Carrier protein.
What is not a product of (or result from) cellular respiration?
Oxygen
It’s used at the very end of cellular respiration, but does not result from the process.
What is cellular respiration? (Online quiz definition)
Oxygen-requiring process (pathway) by which cells break down glucose, thus transferring energy to ATP-molecules that are used to power cellular functions.
In the first step of cellular respiration, what biological molecule is broken down to generate energy to synthesize ATP?
A simple sugar (in particular, glucose)
In which organelle does the cell capture energy from the breakdown of energy-rich molecules like glucose using the process of cellular respiration?
Mitochondria.
According to the cell theory of life, what is the smallest functioning unit of life?
Cell.
When a membrane is said to be selectively permeable, this means that…
What passes through the membrane (in and out) is regulated
When moving a substance across the plasma membrane, what processes require (uses) energy?
Active Transport.