What is Biology?
A way of gaining knowledge about the natural world.
What is Science?
Responds to environment, some type of sense, produces offspring, complex chemistry
What are the Characteristics of Life?
Anything that has mass and takes up space
What is Matter?
Change of one substance into another
What is a Chemical Reaction?
H2O
What is Water?
Statement that cannot change under certain natural conditions Ex. Law of Gravity
What is Scientific Law?
Cell Theory, Gene Theory, Homeostasis, Evolution
What are the Unifying Principles of Biology
The sugars that store energy
What are Carbohydrates?
Energy is emitted during the reaction
What is an Exothermic reaction?
The pH of Distilled Water
What is pH of 7?
1.Observation, 2.Question, 3.Hypothesis, 4.Experiment, 5.Analysis, 6.Conclusion
What is Scientific Method?
Individual living thing
What is an Organism?
Fats and Oils
What are Lipids?
Energy is absorbed during the reaction
What is an Endothermic Reaction?
The range on the pH scale of Acids
What is 1-7?
Controlled investigation
What is an Experiment?
Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System
What are the Basic Units of an Organism?
Chains of Amino Acids
What are Proteins?
Energy required to start a Chemical Reaction
What is Activation Energy?
The range on the pH scale of Bases?
Broad explanations that are well supported by data that can change over time
What is a Scientific Theory?
Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome, Biosphere
DNA and RNA
What are Nucleic Acids?
Sum of all the reactions within an organism
What is Metabolism?
The complete range of the pH scale
What is 1-14?