Cells and cell process quiz

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Which scientists proposed the original cell theory?
matthias schleiden and theodor schwann
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when was the original cell theory proposed?
1830s
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what is the original cell theory?
that all living things are made up of cells
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how do viruses reproduce?
inside a host cell
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what are viruses made up of?
DNA or RNA and a protein case
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how do bacteria reproduce?
cell division (by dividing into two)
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how do fungi (e.g yeasts) reproduce?
budding
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what are enzymes made up of?
chains of amino acids
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what is an enzyme-substrate complex?
when a substrate attaches to an enzymes active site and they lock together
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what are enzymes?
biological catalysts
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what are greases broken down by?
lipases
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what are grass stains broken down by?
proteases
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what enzymes are put into detergents?
digestive enzymes
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who discovered the structure of DNA?
Watson and Crick
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what is DNA?
deoxyribase nucleic acid
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when were genes and nucleic acids linked and by who?
1944 by Avery
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how did watson and crick work out the structure of DNA?
chemical theory and ball-and-stick atomic models
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where did the data to allow watson and crick to work out the structure of dna come from?
x-ray crystallography
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What is DNA made up of?
two alternating chains of sugar and phosphate
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what bases always go together?
A and T, C and G
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what to 3 bases along the chain form?
triplet code
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what is dna twisted into?
a double helix
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what does dna do?
provides instructions for every cell to work
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why do enzymes denature at high temperatures?
the chemical bonds in the enzymes active site are broken
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what are the names of the four bases?
adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine
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