Isotopes
The number of protons an atom has; the periodic table is arranged sequentially by this
What is atomic number?
This is the part of the macromolecule that participates in chemical reactions
What is a functional group?
Water is often referred to as the universal this
What is solvent?
The variable that we manipulate is referred to by this phrase
Independent variable or predictor variable
This is the purpose of nucleic acids
Storage, transmission, and use of genetic information
The number of protons + the number of neutrons
What is mass number?
A molecule that has the same chemical formula, but a different shape is called this
What is an isomer?
Like this genetic material store, water forms hydrogen bonds between itself
DNA
The variable that changes depending on the manipulation of the predictor variable is called this
Dependent variable or response variable
The full name of RNA is
Ribonucleic acid
Isotopes have the same number of protons but a different number of these
What are neutrons?
The skeletons of most macromolecules are composed of this element
What is Carbon?
Water has these kinds of bonds
What are polar bonds?
A comparative experiment compares two or more of these
populations or sample populations
The full name of DNA is
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Isotopes are typically this
What is stable?
The “-ose” ending is usually indicative of this group macromolecules
What are carbohydrates?
Non polar molecules such as hydrocarbons are often described by this word
What is hydrophobic?
A controlled experiment has this kind of group in which they do not receive the treatment
Control group
Base + sugar =
Nucleoside
This other name often refers to an unstable isotope
What is a radioisotope?
Lipids are different from the other macromolcules because they are
What are monomers?
The reason ice floats is because of its
What is crystalline structure?
A drug trail is an excellent example of this kind of experiment
Controlled experiment
Polymers of nucleotides are connected by these
Phosphodiester linkages