Crazy Science

6. Simplest unit of sugar.
7. Essential for cells because they are major constituents of cell membranes
10. Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane driven by the difference of solute concentrations from the opposite sides of a membrane
11. The solution has a lower concentration of solutes and a higher concentration of water than inside the cell.
14. The solution has a higher concentration of solutes and a lower concentration of water than inside the cell.
15. Taking bulky material into a cell
16. Jellylike outer coating of many prokaryotes
17. The fluid-filled compartment that surrounds the stacks of thylakoids.

1. Region where the cell’s DNA is located
2. Plant organ where photosynthesis occur
3. Dark staining region where ribosomal RNA molecules are synthesized
4. provides direction for its own replication; it also directs RNA synthesis
5. Many monosaccharide linked together through glycosidic bond.
7. Cell takes in particulate matter
8. Cell takes in only fluid
9. In plant cells, photosynthesis takes place in the?
12. contains the chlorophyll and other light-harvesting pigments that make photosynthesis possible.
13. Complexes that synthesize proteins
16. the basic building blocks of all living things.