Evolution
Who is considered the father of evolution and proposed the theory of natural selection?
Who is Charles Darwin?
What type of bond involves the unequal sharing of electrons, leading to a molecule having a partial positive and partial negative charge?
What is a polar covalent bond?
What is used to measure how acidic or basic a solution is?
What is a pH scale?
What type of biomolecule are fats and oils?
What are lipids?
What element is the main focus of organic chemistry?
What is carbon?
What is the term for the process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and reproduce?
What is natural selection?
Water is a polar molecule because of the difference in electronegativity between which two atoms?
What are hydrogen and oxygen?
A solution with a pH below 7 is considered what?
What is acidic?
Which biomolecule carries genetic information in cells?
What is DNA?
What is the simplest organic molecule made of one carbon and four hydrogen atoms?
What is methane?
What do we call the remains of ancient plants or animals?
What are fossils?
What is the term for molecules that do not mix with water because they are nonpolar?
What are hydrophobic molecules?
If a substance has a pH of 14, is it acidic or basic?
What is basic?
What type of biomolecule are sugars and starches?
What are carbohydrates?
What type of bond connects carbon atoms to other atoms in organic molecules?
What are covalent bonds?
What is a diagram that shows how different species are related?
What is a family tree or evolutionary tree?
What is the term for molecules that have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions?
What are amphipathic molecules?
A substance with a pH of 7 is considered what?
What is neutral?
What are the building blocks (monomers) of proteins?
What are amino acids?
What group of organic compounds contain only carbon and hydrogen atoms?
What are hydrocarbons?
What do we call the evolutionary process where humans selectively breed plants and animals for desired traits?
What is artificial selection
Polar molecules tend to form which type of intermolecular force with water?
What are hydrogen bonds?
What is the formula for calculating pH?
What is pH = -log[H+]?
What type of biomolecule speeds up chemical reactions in the body?
What are enzymes?
What organic molecule is known as the main fuel source for cells?
What is glucose?