Is a cell membrane more like a brick wall or a chain-link fence? Why?

chain-link fence

Explanation:a cell membrane is partial permeable which means that it lets some substances through but not other.

Chain-link fence

Explanation:

Cell membranes are barriers that decide which molecules enter and exit the cell, and how much of them come in. So things are able to pass through them.

If it were a brick wall, it would not let anything pass through.

So it is more like a chain-link fence, but with more control over what passes through it.

hydroxyl -oh

alcohols, always polar, can form hydrogen bonds with h2o molecules

carboxyl -cooh  

cargoxylic acids, has acidic properties which is a source of hydrogen ions, found in cells in ionized for with a charge of oh-1

carbonyl > co

ketone if within skeleton, aldehyde if group is at the end of skeleton, k & a may be structural isomers, it determines 2 sugars (ketose & aldose)

amino -nh2

amines, acts as a base, it can pick up h+ ions from surrounding solution, ionized with charge of 1+

methyl ch2

addition to rna/dna affects and gene expression

phosphate -opo3 ²⁻

organic phosphates, contributes to negative charge to, molecule that it is a part of, and potential to react with h20

sulfhydryl -sh

thiols, cross-linking stabilize the protein, and it is structure