What is life?
Theory that explains the unity and diversity of life. Descent with modification.
What is evolution?
A subatomic particle with a negative charge
What is an electron?
The reason for the bent shape of water
What are polar covalent bonds?
What is carbon?
Building blocks of polymers
What are monomers?
A natural scientist who studied the finches on the Galapagos islands and introduced natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen
What are the essential elements of life?
Reason for the adhesive and cohesive behavior of water
What are hydrogen bonds?
Maximum number of covalent bonds carbon can form
What is 4?
When dehydration joins two monosaccharides
What is a disaccharide?
One species living in close proximity.
What is a population?
A chemical bond where there is an exchange of electrons
What is an ionic bond?
Dissolving agent
What is a solvent?
Strongest bond that can be formed
What is a triple bond?
When one of the fatty acids of a triglycerol has at least one double bond
What is an unsaturated fat?
1) Make an observation
2) Ask a question
3) Form a hypothesis (and prediction)
4) Test
5) Analyze and retest
What is the scientific method?
The attraction of electrons
What is electronegativity?
The amount of heat to be absorbed or lost for 1g of that substance to change its temperature by 1oC
What is Specific Heat Capacity?
Molecules consisting only of carbon and hydrogen that release large amounts of energy in reactions
What are hydrocarbons?
Organic molecules with an amino, carboxyl, and R group
What are amino acids?
When general principles are constructed then used to predict and examine results
What is deductive reasoning?
When the rate of a chemical reaction is the same for both directions (reactants to products and products to reactants)
What is equilibrium?
-log[H+]
What is the algebraic equation for pH?
Mirrored isomers
What are enantiomers?
DNA --> mRNA --> protein
What is gene expression?