Glucose is a:
carbohydrate
Fats, oils, and waxes are_________ and one of their properties is that they are ___________________.
lipids, not water soluable
Protiens are made up of ____________ and contain the chemical element ____________ which carbohydrates and lipids do not.
amino acids, nitrogen
____________ catalyze metabolic reactions and thus control many cellular functions.
enzymes
Pieces of DNA that SPECIFY the order of amino acids in a protien are called:
genes
The main ingredient/building block of plant fibers is:_____________ which is indigestible by most animals (it's wood).
cellulose
What is the "helper molecule" that cells use to help translate DNA codes into proteins.?
RNA
Algaes may help slow global warming because they conduct which of these as a metabolic process?
carbon fixation
H2O + CO2 with sunlight is the process of:_______ which produces glucose.
photosynthesis
Some organisms like bacteria do not use oxygen (in fact oxygen is poisonous to them)thus they perform which of these processes?
anaerobic respiration
The primary nutrients cited in Table 3.3 on pg 58 are:
phosphates, nitrates, and silicate
An example of a prokaryotic cell would be:
bacteria
Plant and animal cells are classified as _______________ cells because they have a true nucleus.
eukaryotes
The process of respiration occurs in which of these sub-cellular organelles of eukaryotic cells?
mitochondria
Which of the following cellular structures do plant cells have that animal cells do not?
both a and d - cell wall and chloroplasts
There is an entire class of plankton with multiple small hair-like projections on the outside of a cell which are called: See pg 78 in the text.
cillia
Selectively permeable means that a cell:
can control what goes in and out of it
The diffusion of water across a cell membrane is called:
osmosis
If a cell needs to "pump" materials in or out of itself particularly against a concentration gradient it must utilize:__________ and thus expend energy.
active transport
All prokaryotes and some eukaryotes especially the phytoplankton are: Hint: thus they are microscopic.
unicellular