Chapter 1
Biology is the study of ____________?
________ anything that takes up space and has mass
Matter
Is water polar or nonpolar?
Polar
Carbon has _______ electrons in its' valence shell.
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_______ reactions are involved in synthesizing polymers.
Dehydration
What is the range of biological organization (lowest to highest)?
Atoms to Biosphere
NaCl is an example of a/an ___________?
Compound
Water and nutrients moving up through roots to the top of a tree is an example of _________.
Cohesive behavior
The most frequent bonding partners of carbon are:
hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
Monosaccharides are the monomeric units of?
Carbohydrates
List 2 properties of life.
Order, response to the environment, evolutionary adaptation, reproduction, growth & development, energy processing, regulation
__________ are the 4 elements that make up 96% of living matter.
Oxygen (O), Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H), & Nitrogen (N)
The milder climates of coastal regions is an example of what property of water?
Ability to moderate temperature
__________ differ in the covalent arrangement of their atoms.
Structural isomers
Disaccharides are joined by what type of bond?
Glycosidic linkage
New properties that arrive at each step in the
hierarchy of life (due to increasing complexity) are called?
emergent properties
________ are required by organisms in small quantities
trace elements
Ice floating in a glass of iced tea is an example of what property of water?
____________ are mirror images of each other and differ in shape due to the presence of an asymmetric carbon.
Enantiomers
Glycogen is an example of?
Storage polysaccharide
______ type of regulation in which accumulation of an end product of a process slows the process.
Negative Feedback
List the subatomic particles found in an atom
Protons, Neutrons, Electrons
_______ are substances that repel water.
Hydrophobic
____________ are organic molecules consisting of only hydrogen and carbon
Hydrocarbons
These large biomolecules do not form polymers.
Lipids