Allows them to get test, analyse and evaluate others work
100
What roles do enzymes play in living things and what affects their function?
Speed up chemical reactions. Affected by temp., pH and regulatory molecules
100
What are biotic and abiotic factors?
Biotic=living, Abiotic=Non-living
100
Explain the difference between weather and climate?
What is Weather= day to day, Climate= year to year
100
What is the function of the cell membrane?
The membrane regulates what goes in and out of the cell
200
What are the Goals of Science?
Provide explainations for the natural world, natural patterns, useful predictions of natural events
200
What happens to chemical bonds during a reaction?
Joins atoms into compunds
200
What is ecology?
The scientific study of interactions between organisms and their ecsystem
200
What factors affect population growth?
What is Birthrate, deathrate and date when individuals enter or exit the population
200
What are the functions of chloroplasts and mitochondria?
What is Chloroplasts: photosynthesize; Mitochondria turns chemical energy into energy the cell can use
300
What procedures are at the core of scientific methodology?
Asking questions, making inferences, forming hypotheses, conducting controlled experiments, collecting and analyzing data and drawing conclusions
300
What elements does carbon bond with to make up life's molecules?
Hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, sulfur and nitrogen
300
How does matter move through the ecosystem?
What is Matter is recycled within and between ecysystems
300
What happens during exponential growth?
What is Under legal conditions with unlimited resources, a population will grow exponentionally
300
What are the functions of vacuoles and lysosomes?
Vacuoles: store water, salts, proteins and carbs; Lysosomes: break down lipids, carbs and proteins into small molecules that the cell is able to use
400
What is Scientific Theory?
What is A well tested explaination that unifies a broad range of observations and hypotheses that allows them to make new predictions
400
How does the structure of water contribute to its unique properties?
Water if polar and able to form many hydrogen bonds
400
How does energy flow through ecosystems?
What is Energy flows through ecosystems in a one-way stream
400
What is logistic growth?
What is When a populations growth slows and then stops, following a period of exponential growth
400
What is passive and active transport?
What is Passive= no energy required; active= energy required
500
What are the central themes of Biology? (list 3)
The cellular baisis of life; info and hereditary; matter and energy; growth, development, and reproduction; homeostasis; evolution; structure and function; unity and diversity of life; interdependence in nature; and science as a way of knowing
500
What are the functions of each of the four groups of macro molecules?
Carbohydrates:energy, Lipids: Storing energy, Nucleic Acids: storing genetic, hereditary info, Proteins: Controls rate of reactions and regulate cell process
500
How does nutrient availability relate to the primary productivity of an ecosystem?
What is If ample sunlight and water are available, the primary productivity of an ecosystem may be limited to the availability of nutrients
500
Why is biodiversity important?
What is It includes contributions to medicine and the provision of ecosystem goods and services
500
How do individual cells maintain homeostasis?
What is individual: grow, respond 2 environment, transform energy, reproduce