Science of Biology
Living Things
Chemistry of Life
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Carbon
100
The "Recipe for Bees" was an example of this.
What is spontaneous generation?
100
All living things are made of these "units".
What are cells?
100
The basic unit of matter
What is the atom?
100
Unlike most substances, this expands when it freezes
What is water?
100
Carbon atoms have this many valence electrons.
What is four?
200
Data expressed as numbers
What is data quantitative data?
200
The smallest level of biological organization
What are molecules?
200
Protons, neutrons and electrons are examples of this.
What are subatomic particles?
200
An attraction between molecules of the same substance
What is cohesion
200
This process builds macromolecules by joining smaller ones together
What is polymerization?
300
Descriptive unmeasurable data
What is qualitative data?
300
Groups of specialized cells make up these
What are organs or tissues?
300
This subatomic particle has no charge
What is the neutron?
300
A compound that is physically mixed but not chemically combined
What is a mixture?
300
These are formed when a glycerol molecule combines with fatty acids
What are lipids?
400
Louis Pasteur
What scientist definitively disproved the hypothesis of spontaneous generation?
400
This part of the earth contains all the ecosystems.
What is the biosphere?
400
A water molecule, with an uneven distribution of electrons, is an example of this
What is a polar molecule?
400
A mixture of water and non-dissolved material
What is a suspension?
400
These consist of three parts: a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base.
What are nucleotides?
500
the process by which the body maintains internal conditions like temperature and hydration?
What is homeostasis?
500
A means of separating cell parts in order to study them individually.
What is cell fractionation?
500
An attraction between molecules of different substances is called this.
What is adhesion?
500
Weak acids or bases that can react with strong acids or bases to prevent sudden precipitous changes in pH and maintain internal homeostasis.
What are buffers?
500
All types of these have an amino group at one end and a carboxyl group at the other.
What are amino acids?
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