Biology
Maps
The Earth
The Chemistry of Life
Carbon Compounds
100
The study of the living world.
What is biology?
100
A map that shows landforms and bodies of water.
What is a physical map?
100
The thin layer of rock at the earth's surface.
What is the crust?
100
It is made up of two or more elements.
What is a compound?
100
These are the monomers found in carbohydrates, (starches).
What are sugar molecules?
200
An educated guess; what if...., then..... questions
What is a hypothesis?
200
A map that shows cities, states, provinces, countries, etc. that are created by humans.
What is a political map?
200
The solid rock portion of the earth where animals and people live.
What is the lithosphere?
200
It is composed of two or more elements or compounds that are mixed together but not physically joined.
What is a mixture?
200
These are used to store energy and include fats, oils and waxes.
What are lipids?
300
The variable that does not change.
What is the control variable?
300
Australia Antarctica Africa North America South America Europe Asia
What are the seven continents?
300
An opening in the earth through which gases and lava escape.
What is a volcano?
300
An attraction between molecules of different substances
What is adhesion?
300
These are made up of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorous.
What are nucleic acids?
400
*all living things are made up of cells *living things can reproduce *living things are based on a universal genetic code *living things grow and develop *living things use energy *living things respond to their environment *living things maintain a stable internal environment *living things change over time
What are the 8 characteristics of life?
400
The center of the earth that is made of iron and nickel.
What is the core?
400
A triangular area of land formed from deposits at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
400
The smallest units in molecules that get together to form polymers.
What is a monomer?
400
These are called amino acids and include carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
What are the monomers in protein?
500
The process by which organisms keep their internal conditions stable (or constant).
What is homeostasis?
500
Molten rock inside the earth.
What is magma?
500
A lowland region that is saturated by water?
What is a swamp?
500
A large compound formed by combinations of many monomers.
What is a polymer?
500
A substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction by lowering activation energy.
What is a catalyst?
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