Chemical Reactions
Carbon dioxide + water + light energy --->
glucose + oxygen
What is photosynthesis?
A red blood cell placed in this type of solution swells
What is hypotonic?
A building block of a polymer
What is a monomer?
All of the chemical activities/reactions that occur inside an organism to keep it alive
What is metabolism?
The chemical symbol for the food a plant makes using autotrophic nutrition
What is C6H12O6?
Glucose + oxygen —--> Carbon dioxide + water + ATP energy
What is aerobic cellular respiration?
A red blood cell placed in this type of solution shrinks
What is hypertonic?
The building blocks of proteins
What are amino acids?
Maintenance of a stable internal environment
What is homeostasis?
The chemical formula for ammonia
What is NH3?
Occurs in yeast and certain types of bacteria
What is alcohol fermentation?
A cell placed in this type of solution stays the same
What is isotonic?
The building blocks of carbohydrates
What are monosaccharides/simple sugars?
The removal of metabolic wastes
What is excretion?
The chemical symbol for phosphorus
P
Carried out by some types of bacteria and overworked muscle cells
What is lactic acid fermentation?
This type of transport requires ATP energy
What is active transport?
The building blocks of lipids
What are glycerol and fatty acids?
The one life function that is not necessary to stay alive
What is reproduction?
C12H22O11
What is maltose?
Enzymes are known as this because they help chemical reactions take place, but are not reactants or products of the reaction.
What are organic catalysts?
A large molecule is moved out of a cell
What is exocytosis?
The building blocks of nucleic acids
What are nucleotides?
The hormone that is released by the pancreas to help control the blood glucose level-
What is insulin?
The 5 main elements that make up living things
What are C, H, O, N, P?