HONDROS BIO 117 FINAL EXAM Questions
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What is the mitochondria? - ANSWER power house of the cell and produces and
supplies the cell with energy(ATP production)
What is the endoplasmic reticulum? - ANSWER a network of membranous
tubules within the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell, continuous with the nuclear
membrane. It usually has ribosomes attached and is involved in protein and lipid
synthesis.
What is the golgi apparatus? - ANSWER Another membrane of the cell which is
used for transportation throughout the cell
(packaging and transporting proteins)
What are lysosomes? - ANSWER cleaning up cell debris
What are the types of passive transport? - ANSWER diffusion, osmosis, facilitated
diffusion
What is osmosis? - ANSWER movement of water across a membrane
What is filtration? - ANSWER Movement across a membrane, under pressure,
from higher to lower pressure, no energy required
What are the types of active transport? - ANSWER protein pumps, endocytosis,
exocytosis
What in the purpose of the sodium/potassium pump? - ANSWER It is a transport
pump for Na+/K+ for nerve conduction
What is endocytosis used for? - ANSWER take in large molecules
What is exocytosis? - ANSWER materials are exported out of the cell (energy
required)
What are the types of macromolecules? - ANSWER carbohydrates, proteins,
lipids, nucleic acids
What is a macromolecule? - ANSWER a molecule containing a very large number
,of atoms
, What are the types carbohydrates? - ANSWER monosaccharides, disaccharides,
polysaccharides
What are monosaccharides? - ANSWER glucose, fructose, galactose
What is a monosaccharide? - ANSWER single sugar
What is fructose? - ANSWER fruit sugar
What is galactose? - ANSWER "milk sugar" found in lactose
What is glucose? - ANSWER blood sugar
What is a disaccharide? - ANSWER two monosaccharides joined together
What are the types of disaccharides? - ANSWER sucrose, lactose, maltose
What is lactose? - ANSWER milk sugar
What is sucrose made of? - ANSWER fructose and glucose
What is maltose composed of? - ANSWER two glucose molecules
What are the types of polysaccharides? - ANSWER starch, glycogen,
cellulose(fiber)
What is polysaccharides? - ANSWER long chain of monosaccharides, many
sugars,
What is glycogen? - ANSWER It is a stored formed of glucose/energy
manufactured by the liver
What is starch? - ANSWER storage form of glucose in plants
What is cellulose? - ANSWER A substance (made of sugars) that is common in the
cell walls of many organisms,(fiber)
What are the types of lipids ? - ANSWER triglycerides, phospholipids, steroids
What is a lipid? - ANSWER fats and oils
What is triglycerides? - ANSWER glycerol and 3 fatty acids
What is a phospholipid? - ANSWER Cell Membranes that form lipid layers
What is a protein? - ANSWER chain of amino acids
What is amino acid? - ANSWER Building blocks of protein
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