SCIENCE OF LIFE
This is the study of life.
What is Biology?
These are the basic building blocks of matter.
What are atoms?
Describe what biotic factors are.
Hans and Zacharias Janssen were the first to invent this.
What is the telescope?
Cells perform three types of work. Name one of them.
What are mechanical work, transport work, and chemical work?
Name 2 of the 3 factors that determine the characteristics of a person.
What are genetic, environmental, and spiritual factors?
This is a description of a natural relationship or principle and is supported by a significant amount of evidence.
What is a scientific law?
Name three of the six most common elements that make up living things.
What are carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur?
This is the process by which certain gases trap heat that would escape the Earth and radiate into space.
What is the Greenhouse effect?
The name for the study of cells.
What is Cytology?
Adenosine triphosphate is more often referred to with this abbreviation.
What is ATP?
This is the full name of DNA?
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
A now disproven theory that theorized living organisms could form from non-living organisms.
What is spontaneous generation?
Its key properties include being a universal solvent, exhibiting cohesion, surface tension, and having high heat capacity.
What is water?
This cycle continuously moves oxygen through the atmosphere.
What is the oxygen cycle?
Plant, animal, and fungi cells are classified as this type of cell.
What is a eukaryotic cell?
This is an organic compound that gives a specific color to plant and animal cells.
What is a pigment?
These are the two processes of cellular reproduction in eukaryotic cells. One is asexual and the other sexual.
What are mitosis and meiosis?
These are the smallest units of a living organism.
What are cells?
This occurs when complex molecules break down by the chemical addition of water.
What is hydrolysis?
This is the relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
This is a jellylike fluid inside cells.
What is cytoplasm?
This is the first stage of Cellular Respiration.
What is Glycolysis?
Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase are the four stages of this.
What is mitosis?
Name three of the six criteria for life.
Cells; Growth & Development; Metabolism & Energy; Homeostasis; Sense and Respond to Stimuli; DNA & Reproduction.
Name two functions of proteins.
They make up hair, fur, and muscles; store nutrients; circulate in bloodstream; carry messages from one cell to another.
Name four of the eight main types of terrestrial biomes.
Tropical Rainforest, Savanna, Chaparral, Desert, Temperate Grassland, Temperate Deciduous Forest, Tundra, and Taiga.
In osmosis, this is a solution that has the same solute and water concentration relative to another solution.
What is an isotonic solution?
This is the maximum number of ATP molecules that can be produced from Cellular Respiration.
What is 38?
These are haploid cells (n) produced by diploid cells (2n) for the purpose of sexual reproduction.
What are gametes?