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- ATP
- energy that is used and created in cells; adenine-containing nucleoside triphosphate that releases free energy when its phosphate bonds are hydrolyzed. this energy is used to drive endergonic reactions in cells
- eukaryotic
- a cell with membrane enclosed nucleus and membrane enclosed organelles; protists, plants, fungi, and animals
- scanning electron microscope
- see surface, expensive, no color, no limit on resolution
- membrane
- order in cells due to compartmentalization; barrier around cell allowing certain things in and out
- micrometer
- um; 10^ -6m
- technology
- taking scientific discoveries and making something useful
- inductive reasoning
- type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations
- deductive reasoning
- a type of logic in which specific results are predicted from a generalization
- nanometer
- nm 10^ -9m
- systems biology
- an approach to studying biology that aims to model the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems; knowing how the higher level works by knowing about the lower levels, a lot of data typically with computers
- prokaryotic
- a cell that lacks membrane enclosed nucleus and membrane enclosed organelles. bacteria and archaea
- transmission electron microscope
- see layers, expensive, no color, no limit on resolution (clarity)
- science
- funded even if results are not immediate; trying to learn something
- DNA
- instructions for cell structure and function