This processing component performs basic functions in a computer the same way an enzyme performs basic processes in a cell

This is an organism's response to the concentration of a particular substance

A proton gradient across this membrane allows for the synthesis of ATP

Specific data points created or stored by a program

The main difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

This unwanted visitor can infect both your computer and your cells

An important part of cell signaling is the cyclic this of proteins

This model refers to the shifting nature of the cell membrane

Loops that can be programmed to run for a specific number of times

Curly hairs on bacteria that can act like motors and help them move

This long extracellular structure allows a cell to move just like a propeller or a wheel

Between two nerve cells, a chemical signal passes through this space

Action potentials are carried along this part of the neuron

The general name for conditional statements in computer science

Movement towards or away from light

This program controls all the functions on a computer in the same way a brain controls all the functions in your body

Bees perform this to communicate to their hive members the location of a food source

This molecule is the reactant in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction

Sections of code that define specific actions a program can perform

Paramecium, Stentor, Amoeba, etc

This mechanism provides internal structure to a car in the same way the cytoskeleton provides internal structure to the cell

Proteins can do this in response to intracellular or extracellular signals

These filaments act as "tracks" for motor proteins

A blueprint used to create "objects"

A microscope that can be used to view small insects, individual cells, or even cell components, but usually kills the cells in the process