Introduction to Biology
This is the study of life
What is biology?
This is the basic unit of matter
What is the atom?
Molecules traveling from an area of high concentration to low concentration
What is diffusion?
These are the monomers of protein
What are amino acids?
2 meters is an example of this kind of data
What is quantitative data?
This is the basic unit of life
What is the cell?
The two parts of a solution are the solvent, which dissolves stuff, and the stuff that gets dissolved, which is this
What is the solute?
The diffusion of water
What is osmosis?
Food with all 9 essential amino acids in it is called...
What is complete protein?
Water's pH is...
What is 7?
These are the variables kept the same in an experiment
What are constants?
These are the 4 main elements that make up the molecules of living organisms
What are C, H, O, and N?
The amount of molecules dissolved in another substance is referring to its...
What is concentration?
DNA to mRNA: C to G, G to C, T to A, and A to...
What is U?
mRNA with the codon "AUG" (5' to 3' left to right) translates to this amino acid
What is Methionine?
When a scientist is studying the effect of temperature on plant growth, the independent variable is this
What is temperature?
Water is really good at dissolving stuff. Because of that, we refer to water as this
What is the universal solvent?
Water rushes into a cell causing it to swell in this kind of solution
What is hypotonic?
This molecule carries an amino acid to the ribosome
What is tRNA?
Starch is an example of this type of macromolecule
What are carbohydrates?
When magnifying something 400 times you would use this kind of microscope
What is a light microscope?
If an ion has 6 protons and 7 electrons, it's charge is this
What is negative?
The definition of homeostasis is this
What is maintaining a relatively stable state in a changing environment
DNA gets __________ into mRNA and then the mRNA gets __________ into protein
What is transcribed, translated?
A hypothesis that has been tested over and over again without being proven false eventually becomes this
What is a theory?