Bio Basics
when creating a good experiment, you can only change one of these.
What is Independent variable
Everything we can touch, see, smell, feel or taste. (takes up space)
What is matter?
cells working together in groups
What is a tissue?
a single-celled microorganism that is prokaryotic
What is a bacteria?
Animal-like protist
What is a protozoa?
Growth, reproduction, nutrition, respiration, trasnport, synthesis, excretion and regulation are examples of these.
What are the life functions?
The chart that shows the relationship between all the known elements
What is the Periodic Table?
A sac that contains enzymes that break down food, cell waste, or destroyed foreign organisms.
What is a lysosome?
The process by which bacteria divide.
What is binary fission?
PLant-like protist
What is algae?
Another word for regulation .
What is homeostasis?
the one or two letters that represent an element
What is the chemical symbol?
The process plants, algae and some bacteria use to create their own energy
What is photosynthesis?
A pathogen that refolds the host proteins into their shape
What is a prion?
Fungus-like protozoa
What is a mold?
All the members of this phylum have backbones.
What are chordates or vertebrates?
When two atoms share electrons so that they each think they have a full outer shell.
What is covalent bonding?
The process by which an organism breaks down glucose to create energy
What is cellular respiration?
A strand of nucleic acid that invades a host and uses their cells to replicate themselves
What is a virus
The process by which an amoeba surrounds prey with its pseudopods and consumes them.
What is phagocytosis?
In order to be alive, these three characteristics must be met.
What are being made up of cells, needing energy to live, and responding to stimuli?
the ability to attract electrons
What is electronegativity?
chains of glucose molecules
what is starch?
A single RNA molecule with no proteins that infects plants and causes disease.
What is a viroid?
the tail by which many single-celled organisms "swim" across surfaces
What is a flagella?