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- 3. An enzyme speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction by ___________ the activation energy needed for the reaction.
- 6. How many codons code for five amino acids?
- 9. The process in the cell cycle in which DNA is copied
- 10. One problem when a cell grows too large is that its _____ increases faster than its surface area
- 12. dividing When normal cells are going through mitosis, what do they do when the cells touch each other?
- 13. What is the diffusion of water?
- 17. An enzyme lowers activation energy to speed up what?
- 18. What type of cell does NOT have a nucleus?
- 19. Converts glucose into ATP
- 21. What macromolecule's function is long term energy storage?
- 22. A mutation that is an insertion or deletion causes every amino acid from that point on to be changed. What's that kind of mutation called?
- 23. Acid What macromolecule's function is to carry genetic information?
- 25. In mitosis, how does the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells compare to the number in the mother cell?
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- 1. Aparatus What organelle processes and packages substances in the cell?
- 2. What's the movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration?
- 4. What's the process called that can enable a one celled zygote to grow into a multi-cellular organism with many different kinds of cells?
- 5. What type of cell DOES have a nucleus?
- 7. What two factors can affect the effect of an enzyme?
- 8. What is the name of the process in which the cell uses info from the mRNA to produce proteins?
- 11. Mitosis in humans results in cells that have ______ chromosomes
- 14. Mitosis results in the formation of _____ genetically identical cells.
- 15. The amount of energy NEEDED for a chemical reaction to take place
- 16. What is the process by which organisms maintain a constant internal environment?
- 20. What macromolecule's function is to speed up the rate of chemical reactions?
- 24. What's the name of the proteins that regulates the cell cycle?