What's it made of?
Building blocks of DNA and RNA
What are nucleotides
Number of protons in an atom
What is an Atomic Number
Organisms that eat only plants
What are herbivores
Sum total of all process in an organism that use energy and simple chemical building blocks to produce large chemicals and structures necessary for life
What is anabolism
The process by which certain gases trap heat that would otherwise escape the Earth
What is the Greenhouse effect
Amount of heat energy required to increase the temperature
What is heat capacity
Basic building blocks of proteins, each containing a carboxyl group and an amino group
What are amino acids
Collection of atoms that all have the same number of protons
What are elements
Organisms that eat only organisms other than plants
What are carnivores
Sum total of all processes in an organism that break down chemicals to produce energy and simple chemical building blocks
What is catabolism
What is transpiration
Attractive force that holds molecules of different substances together
What is adhesion
Simple sugars; building blocks of more complex carbohydrates
What are monosaccharides
Sum of the protons and neutrons in an atom
What is Atomic Mass
Organisms that eat both plants and other organisms
What are omnivores
Process in which the normal shape of a protein is lost, usually due to heat
What is denaturation
What are abiotic factors
Attractive force that holds molecules of same substance together
What is cohesion
Two different molecules that have the same chemical formula
What are isomers
Chemical bond formed by the sharing of electrons between two or more atoms
What is covalent
Organisms that depend on other organisms for food
What are heterotrophs
A chemical reaction in which molecules combine by removing water
What is dehydration reaction
A close relationship between two or more species where at least one benefits
What is symbiosis
Solution in which water is the solvent
What is aqueous solution
Also known as fats, these complex molecules are formed when three fatty acids link to glycerol
What is a lipid
Positively or negatively charged atoms resulting from the transfer of electrons
What is an ion
Organisms that are able to make their own food
What are autotrophs
Energy needed to get reactions started
What is activation energy
Population growth that is unhindered because of the abundance of resources
What is exponential growth
Lacking any affinity to water; water fearing
What is hydrophobic