This word refers to a body of knowledge that helps us make sense of the physical world around us.
What is Science?
100
This word describes nonpolar molecules that do not dissolve easily in water.
What is Hydrophobic?
100
This is a flawed scale that uses height and weight to judge obesity. It does not take into account how much weight is composed of fat versus muscle.
What is BMI?
100
The base-pairing partner of Thymine (T) in DNA.
What is Adenine?
100
Obesity is a risk factor for both of these health problems, where blood supply is cut off to the brain or the heart due to cholesterol plaques.
What are Stroke and Heart Attack?
200
This is a powerful, broad explanation of a large set of observations, based on well supported hypotheses.
What is a Scientific Theory?
200
Cohesion is an important property of what substance?
What is Water?
200
The technical term for high blood pressure.
What is Hypertension?
200
These eukaryotic organelles produce ATP, serving as the "powerhouse" of the cell.
What are Mitochondria?
200
These molecules act as cushioning and insulation for our bodies.
What are Fats (Lipids)?
300
This is the variable measured by the experimenter.
What is the Dependent Variable?
300
This word describes a sugar composed of two attached carbon rings.
What is a Disaccharide?
300
These micronutrients can be found in plant foods, but not animal foods.
What are Antioxidants?
300
These bonds join amino acids in order to form proteins.
What are peptide bonds?
300
The ideal state reached by molecules when areas of high concentration and areas of low concentration have equalized.
What is Equilibrium?
400
If experimenters are testing whether their subjects benefit from a Vitamin C pill, half of the subjects will take a Vitamin C pill, and the other half will take a "fake" Vitamin C pill. The fake vitamin C pill is called...?
What is a Placebo?
400
Chemistry pertaining to molecules containing carbon, which all life forms are based on.
What is Organic Chemistry?
400
These carbohydrates are digested more slowly. Starch and glycogen are two examples.
What are Complex Carbohydrates?
400
These photosynthetic organelles are found in plant cells, but not in animal cells.
What are Chloroplasts?
400
These sources of scientific information are not peer reviewed and are not reported by the experimenters themselves. They may be biased.
What are Secondary Sources?
500
This tells us that the difference between experimental groups is real and not due to chance.
What is Statistical Significance?
500
All 20 amino acids share these 3 molecular groups.
What are amino groups, side groups, and carboxyl groups?
500
These are specific amino acids and fatty acids that your body cannot synthesize on its own. You must obtain them through your diet.
What are Essential Amino Acids and Fatty Acids?
500
The type of lipids that make up the bilayer of every cell's plasma membrane.
What are Phospholipids?
500
"Good" cholesterol is bound to this type of lipoprotein, which scavenges excess cholesterol, bringing it to the liver for excretion.