Xstics of Life
Someone unexpectedly bangs on the door, and you jump. The stimulus in this example is this.
What is bangs on the door?
This organelle is considered the powerhouse of the cell.
What is the mitochondrion?
The difference between active and passive transport of materials across a cell membrane is that active requires this.
What is energy?
This group in a scientific experiment is not exposed to the independent variable and is used as a baseline to compare results and determine if the independent variable had an affect.
What is the control group?
A Russian, fermented drink traditionally made with rye bread.
What is Kvass?
Set of chemical reactions in organisms that allow them to convert food into energy and get rid of wastes.
What is metabolism?
These simple cells lack a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.
What are prokaryotic cells?
Yeast undergoes this anaerobic process to obtain energy by converting glucose into alcohol.
What is fermentation?
A beekeeper wants to know how temperature within the hive affects the amount of honey produced. The dependent variable in this example is this.
What is the amount of honey produced?
The posterior orifice on Okasaki and other similar animals that servies as the only opening for the digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts.
What is the cloaca?
The small bud produced by asexual reproduction in yeast cells is called this.
What is a bleb?
What are the hydrophilic heads?
The transport of water across a cell membrane.
What is osmosis?
A example of quantitative data is this.
What is any numbered measurement? such as length (5mm), mass (10g), temperature (degrees C or F), etc.
A mushroom with these underneath its cap is most likely poisonous.
What are gills?
A human's ability to maintain an internal temperature of 98.6 degrees F is an example of this.
What is homeostasis?
Paramecium, a simple prokaryotic cell that can be found in pond water, is covered in tiny hairs called this.
What are cilia?
These catalysts help speed up the rate of chemical reactions in the body.
What are enzymes?
This is the variable in an experiment that a scientist manipulates.
What is the independent variable?
The unequal treatment of individuals based on an aspect of their genetic code, or genome, such as the risk for a genetic disorder.
What is genetic discrimination?
Seven major characteristics of life.
What are metabolism, response to stimuli, growth and development, adaptation, homestasis, organization, and reproduction?
This happens to a cell if put in a hypertonic solution.
What is shrinks?
CO2 is taken up through these tiny openings in the epidermis of plant leaves or stems during the process of photosynthesis.
What are stomata?
Mythbusters wanted to know if elephants are afraid of mice. They first tested their hypothesis by moving a large ball of elephant dung to reveal a live mouse inside. The elephants were afraid. To eliminate the possibility that movement alone caused their fright, the mythbusters did this.
What is moved a large ball of elephant dung without a live mouse inside?
Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Happy Kitty, Sleepy Kitty, ______ _______ _______.
What is Purr, Purr, Purr?