Characteristics of Living things
Atoms and Molecules
Scientific Method
Cell Biology
Homeostasis
100
All living things are composed of at least one of these
What is a cell?
100
This is a subatomic particle that has a negative charge
What is an electron
100
This is the first thing you should do in the scientific method.
What is make an observation
100
This is the name of an organelle that is similar to a carpenter because it's job is to build; but what it builds are proteins.
Who is a ribosome
100
Yesterday we took our pulses, and measured the BPM. What does BPM stand for?
What is beats per minute
200
This is a characteristic of a living thing that allows a species to last through time
What is reproduction
200
This is the name for a certain type of atom. Carbon is an example of this.
What is an element
200
This is the name of a possible explanation as to why something occurred.
What is a hypothesis
200
The following is the name of a single celled organism that we worked with in lab.
What is yeast
200
Homeostasis works to maintain what kind of conditions in the body?
What is normal
300
All living things need this in order to carry out its functions. It is acquired through absorption of nutrients.
What is energy.
300
This is the name for an atom that has gained or lost an electron
What is an ion
300
I observe that whenever I give Alex Negrete a Negrito, he gives me an A on my exam. Whether or not I give Alex a Negrito is an example of a certain kind of variable.
What is an independent variable
300
A cell is mostly made up of a certain molecule, and therefore our bodies are mostly made up of this same molecule.
What is water
300
If I am exposed to intense light, my eye pupils will get smaller, in order to allow less light into the eye so it does not get too much light. This is an example of what type of feedback?
What is negative feedback?
400
This is a kind of information that makes one living thing related to another living thing
What is genetic information
400
This is the name for a large molecule that is made up of smaller, identical molecules
What is polymer
400
The following is the name of the group that does not receive the independent variable I want to test
What is a control group
400
As long as a cell's volume does not get larger than this other parameter, the cell can continue to grow.
What is surface area
400
When a woman is giving birth, she needs to produce more of a certain chemical in order to help deliver the baby. This is an example of a what kind of feedback?
What is positive feedback
500
This is a characteristic of living things that allows an organism to maintain its internal environment at normal conditions
What is homeostasis
500
This is the name for a monomer of a nucleic acid
What is a nucleotide
500
This word describes a relationship between two events, but it does not necessarily imply a causation of one on the other. For example, if it rained on the day I got an A on the exam, it does not necessarily mean the rain caused me to get an A.
What is correlation
500
These two words describe an object that will allow certain objects to pass through but not others
What is selective permeability
500
This is the name of the part of the brain that sends messages to different parts of the body in order to maintain stable internal conditions
What is the hypothalamus
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