GENERAL BOTANY CHAPTER 2

STRUCTURAL UNIT OF ORGANISMS

CELL WALL IS THE HOUSE OF GENETIC MATERIALS (DNA) SUSPENDED IN CYTOPLASM

INCREASE IN MASS ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASE IN VOLUME

OFFSPRING DO NOT RESEMBLE THE PARENTS

ENERGY RELEASE IS CALLED RESPIRATION

CONVERSION OF RAW MATERIALS INTO CELL SUBSTANCES

PHOTOSYNTHESIS IS THE CONVERSION OF LARGE INSOLUBLE FOOD MOLECULES INTO SMALLER SOLUBLE MOLECULES

LIVING ORGANISMS RESPOND TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT

SMALLEST STABLE SUBDIVISION OF AN ELEMENT

ATOMIC MASS IS THE COMBINED NUMBER OF PROTONS AND ELECTRONS

VOLUMES OF SPACE IN WHICH A GIVEN ELECTRON OCCURS 90% OF THE TIME

ENZYMES ARE VERY LARGE, COMPLEX POLYMERS

CATALYSTS SPEEDS UP A REACTION, WITHOUT BEING USED UP IN A REACTION

POLYSACCHARIDES ARE FORMED WHEN TWO MONOSACCHARIDES BOND TOGETHER

FATTY OR OILY SUBSTANCES THAT ARE MOSTLY INSOLUBLE IN WATER

POLYMERS IS FORMED WHEN TWO OR MORE SMALL UNITS CALLED MONOMERS BOND TOGETHER

MOST ABUNDANT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN NATURE

ATTRACTION OF SIMILAR MOLECULES

ADHESION IS THE ATTRACTION OF DISSIMILAR MOLECULES

VALENCE IS THE COMBINING CAPACITY OF AN ATOM OR ION BASED ON PROTON NUMBER