Characteristics of Living Things
A characteristic of all living things includes "the ability to move."
No/False
Coral doesn't move, for example.
The left side of a chemical reaction.
What are the reactants?
An enzyme is this biomolecule.
What is a protein?
The process in which organisms keep everything inside their bodies within certain limits.
What is homeostasis?
The end result of a chemical reaction.
What are the products?
Temperature (in Celsius) of an average human.
What is 37 deg. C?
The property of water that causes a water droplet to cling to a blade of grass.
What is adhesion?
What are valence electrons?
What are enzymes?
Biological catalysts--speed up chemical reactions
What force allows water to build up on a penny?
What is cohesion (cohesive force)?
The characteristic of why birds fly south for the winter.
What is living things respond to their environment?
The number of electrons in Carbon that are available to form bonds.
What are 4 valence electrons?
Each enzymes can only catalyze a very specific chemical reaction because of this.
What is the SHAPE of the enzyme's active site can only fit a specific substrate (lock and key).
Salt is dissolved in water. Water is the _____________.
What is solvent?
8 characteristics that all living things share.
What are:
DNA
EVOLUTION
HOMEOSTASIS
METABOLISM
STIMULUS/RESPONSE
MADE OF CELLS
GROW & DEVELOP
REPRODUCE
The pH scale explained in detail.
What is 0-6 are acids (0 being the strongest acid); 7 is neutral (pure water); and 8-14 are bases (14 being the strongest base).
When an enzyme changes its shape, or loses its structure, it cannot bind to its substrate.
What is denatured?