Module 1
What are some common tools scientists use in the study of biology?
Microscopes, test tubes, graphs, DNA, and the naked eye
What is Activation Energy?
The minimum amount of extra energy required by a reacting molecule to get converted into a product.
What is the Food web?
The food web consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem.
What is the plasma membrane?
The membrane that seperates the inside from the outside.
Why do scientists use tables and graphs?
Allows them to compare notes and unsterstand one another.
What determines the vast majority of characteristics in an atom?
Electrons or protons
Name ways how oxygen can be removed from the air.
Fire, ozone, polution, and rust of metals and minerals.
What helps the cell hold its shape if it does not have a cell wall?
The cytoskeleton
Why does the story of spontaneous generation illustrate the limitations of science?
Shows how almost 2,000 years of executing the scientific method resulted in a law that was cleary wrong
How many electrons are in an atom that has 32 protons?
32
The range or area occupied by a population is its?
Geographic distriution
Name the organelles that play a role in biosynthesis.
Ribosomes, smooth ER, rough ER, golgi body, chloroplust, and nucleus
Why is the theory of abiogenesis just another example of the idea of spontaneous generation?
This is the theory states that life sprung from non-living chemicals along time ago.
What six biologically important elements make up most living matter?
Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, and phosporus.
What is the difference between and organism's habitat and its niche?
A habitat is the place where an organism lives, While a niche is that organism role within that enviroment.
If a cell dies in a implosion, what kind of solution was it in?
Hypertonic
Why are cells considered te most basic unit of life?
All cells are the most basic unit of life.
Explain what makes water molecules polar?
The electrons of the hydrogen atoms get pulled toward the electrons of the oxygen atom.
The maximum number of organisms of a particular species that can be supported by an enviroment is called?
Carrying capacity
What organelle is responsible for breaking polysaccharides into monosaccharides?
Lysosomes