Scientific Method/Chr. of Life
Biochem
Cells
Cell Transport
DNA/RNA
10
Organisms exhibit this characteristic that tends to stabilize the effects of environmental change.
What is homeostasis
10
This biomacromolecule contains Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and sometimes sulfur.
What is a protein
10

These cells have no internal membrane-bound organelles

What is a prokaryote?

10

The process of molecules moving from a high concentration to a low concentration 

What is diffusion?

10
DNA stands for ___________________

What is deoxyribonucleic acid?

20

Tropical birds called oilbirds nest in caves and emerge at night to forage for seeds. A biologist thinks the birds use smell to locate these seeds. She sets up an experiment using different smells and times how fast the bird can locate the seed. The Independent variable for this experiment is ____________

What is the smell of the seed?

20

Each enzyme perfectly fits the _____________ that binds to it. This is called the lock and key model. 

What is the substrate?
20

____________ and _____________ are two structures found in a plant cell and not in an animal cell

What is the large central vacuole, cell wall, chloroplast?

20

When an animal cell is placed in a hypertonic environment it will ___________.

What is lyse?

20

The process that occurs using ribosomes to read mRNA and synthesize proteins

What is translation

30
A scientist observes honey bees going from one flower to another in his garden. What must he do before he conducts an experiment about the honey bees?
What is make a hypothesis
30

A __________ is a monomer of a carbohydrate.

What is a monosaccharide?

30

The ________________ makes proteins from mRNA in the cell. 

What is a ribosome?

30

The process of water moving through a semipermeable membrane

What is osmosis?

30

If a single strand of DNA goes: ATC GGG what will the complementary strand be?

What is TAG CCC?

40
This characteristic of life explains a plant leaning towards sunlight
What is respond to stimuli
40

These biomacromolecules make up the membranes of all cells

What is phospholipids

or 

What is lipids

40

The ________________ is an organelle involved in the protein synthesis process. 

What is ribosome, nucleus, golgi body, or ER?

40
For a plant cell to swell and maintain turgor pressure it must exist in what type of environment?
What is hypotonic
40

This is the stage where the template strand of DNA is read by a protein and a strand of mRNA is synthesized.

What is transcription?

50

Jason tried a new fertilizer called MegaGro™ on his garden. He said, "I used it on all my tomato plants this year, and they grew much better than they did last year! MegaGro™ is fantastic!" Jason's test of MegaGro™ was not scientifically valid because he was lacking a _______________. 

What is a control group?

50
When an enzyme (or any protein) is exposed to high pH or temperature it may _________________. 

What is denature?

50

The cell membrane is made out _______________________ which have a hydrophobic tail and a hydrophilic head. 

What is phospholipids?

50

A cell is placed into a solution of 25% salt water which causes it to shrink in size and water to leave the cell membrane. How would you describe the environment that the cell is in?

What is hypertonic?

50

The process in which DNA replicates itself and creates two new strands with one old and one new strand. 

What is semiconservative replication?

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