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-always contain carbon and hydrogen
-associated with living things
Ex.:carbon, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids |
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| -organic molecules that supply energy for cell processes |
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-store and release even larger amounts of energy than carbohydrates do
Ex.:fats and oils |
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-the building blocks of many structures in organisms
Ex.: muscles
-enzymes regulate |
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-large organic molecules that store important coded information in cells
Ex.:DNA |
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-compounds made from elements other than carbon
Ex.:water
-made over more than 50%
-live only few days w/out it |
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-The movement of substances w/out using energy
Ex.:difussion
-random movement of molecules from one area where there is more to an area where there is less. |
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-diffusion contines until the number of molecules is equal in two areas
*when temp. rises, diffusion increases |
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| -when energy is required to move materials through a cell membrane. |
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| -the diffusion of water through a cell membrane |
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| -process of taking substancesa into a cell by surrounding it with the cell membrane |
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| -process of taking substancesa into a cell by surrounding it with the cell membrane |
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-the opposite of endocytosis
-a vesicle's membrane fuses w/ a cell's membrane
-vesicle's contents are released |
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-cause a change in a cell
-type of protein
-the enzyme isn't changed ands can be used again |
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| -the total of all chemical reations in an organism |
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Who:plants & algae/producers
What:sunlight+water+carbon= sugar & oxygen
Where:In chloroplasts
When:sunny |
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Who:plants & animals/producers & consumers
What:sugar+oxygen=water+carbon+usable energy
Where:mitochondria
When:all the time |
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Who:fungi,bacteria,sometimes animals
What:sugar=less usable energy+water+carbon+lactid acid
Where:cytoplasm
When:not enough oxygen |
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