Bio 4-7
enzymes
are specific to a reaction or closely related reactions
Which of the following are prokaryotic cells?
bacteria
allosteric regulation
bind to an enzyme in an area other than the active site
What refers to the situation in which the binding of a substrate to the enzyme causes a change in the enzyme's shape, facilitating an enzyme's function?
induced fit
competetive inhbition
involves binding of an inhibitor to the active site
Pinocytosis
is the nonspecific uptake of fluids by pinching inward of the plasma membrane.
Light energy is a type of
kinetic energy
The higher the concentration of solute in a solution, the __________ the effective water concentration and the __________ the osmotic pressure.
lower, higher
Which of the following cell components is not directly involved in synthesis or secretion?
lysosomes
Which of the following is NOT a function of the plasma membrane?
manufactures protein
The tonoplast is
membrane enclosing the central vacuole
All the chemical reactions needed for growth, reproduction, synthesis and degradation of molecules, movement, and response to stimuli are
metabolism
Enzymes work best
optimal temperature and pH
Large numbers of ribosomes are present in cells that specialize in producing which of the following molecules?
proteins
Why are membrane-bounded organelles able to facilitate faster chemical reactions?
Enzymes are organized close together on the membrane surface.
Which best describes a catabolic reaction?
It involves the breakdown of large organic molecules to simple building blocks.
What is meant by the term "fluid mosaic model"?
It is the movement of lipids and integral proteins within the lipid bilayer
Which of the following molecules are in the reduced form?
NADH
You conduct an experiment in which you add increasing amounts of substrate to an enzyme solution and then measure the resulting reaction rate. You plot the rate of the reaction on the Y-axis versus substrate concentration on the X-axis. What do you conclude from your graph?
The reaction rate increases with increasing substrate concentration up to a point, above which the rate remains constant.
The active site of an enzyme
Where the substance fits in and breaks down
In oxidation-reduction reactions
a reaction that involves the transfer of electrons between reactants
Why is it advantageous for cells to be small?
a small cell has a small volume relative to surface area, thereby increasing efficient transport
A bacterium containing sodium ions at a concentration of 0.1 mM lives in a pond that contains sodium ions at 0.005 mM. Evidently, sodium ions are entering the cell by:
active transport
cofactors
are required by some enzymes to be functional
ATP donates energy
by transferring its terminal phosphate to an acceptor molecule
The required energy of activation of a reaction
can be lowered by a specific enzyme
Grana, thylakoids, and stroma are all components found in
chloroplast
The passive movement of a substance along its concentration gradient is termed:
diffusion
All of the following are part of a prokaryotic cell except
endoplasmic reticulum
Which of the following structures is NOT a common destination for small vesicles that bud off the Golgi apparatus?
endoplasmic reticulum
The first law of thermodynamics states that
energy is neither created nor destroyed
Transmembrane proteins
extend completely through the membrane
Which strategy is most effective for larger cells to have an effective surface area to volume ratio?
finger-like projections
Cholesterol within membranes functions as a(n) __________ through its interactions with both hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts of phospholipids.
fluidity buffer
Junctions that allow the movement of water, ions, and small molecules between neighboring animal cells are
gap junctions
Proteins made on ribosomes may be further modified within which organelle?
golgi complex
Solutions that are isotonic:
have equal concentrations of solute and water
In a lipid bilayer, __________ fatty acid tails face each other within the bilayer and form a region that excludes water.
hydrophobic
A wilted flower placed in a vase of water for several hours became stiff and stood erect. When it was placed in a salt solution, it wilted. From this information we can say that the cells of the flower are:
hypertonic to fresh water but hypotonic to the salt solution.
The organelle that is involved in digestion of food, foreign particles, or worn-out organelles is the
lysosome
Cyanide binds with at least one of the molecules involved in the production of ATP. Following exposure of a cell to cyanide, most of the cyanide could be expected to be found within the
mitochondria
Cells can be described as having a cytoskeleton of internal structures that contribute to the shape, organization, and movement of the cell. All of the following are part of the cytoskeleton except
nuclear envelope
A single cell in a smoker's lung has become cancerous. It doubles its DNA and divides much faster than a normal lung cell. The most likely change that would have caused this condition took place in the:
nucleous
Which of the following membrane activities does NOT require the expenditure of energy by the cell?
osmosis
What is the chemical process in which a substance loses electrons?
oxidation
A human white blood cell engulfs a bacterial cell by:
phagocytosis
Which cell component regulates movement of material into and out of the cell?
plasma membrane
Which of the following molecules is least likely to cross a cellular membrane by simple diffusion?
potassium ion
Energy stored in the bonds of a chemical is a form of
potential energy
Exergonic reactions
release free energy
Facilitated diffusion:
requires a transmembrane protein
What does the nucleolus, within the nucleus, synthesize?
ribosomal RNA
Which structure is the site of the synthesis of proteins that may be exported from the cell?
rough ER
Of the following, which is probably the most common route for membrane flow in the endomembrane system?
rough ER → vesicles → Golgi → plasma membrane
A patient who has had a severe hemorrhage accidentally receives a large transfusion of distilled water directly into a major blood vessel. You would expect this mistake to:
serious life threatening, cells will hemolysis
Which type of organelle is primarily involved in the synthesis of oils, phospholipids, and steroids?
smooth endoplasmic reticulum
in co-transport
the movement of one solute down its concentration gradient provides energy for transport of some other solute up its concentration gradient
Which of the following statements about lipid bilayers is FALSE?
they are inflexible
proton pumps
transfer protons across a membrane against their concentration gradient
feedback inhibition
uses a product to inhibit an earlier reaction in a sequence of enzyme reactions