Chapter 1
the study of life
what is biology
what is anything that takes up space and has mass?
what is matter?
what is the bonds that hold water molecules together?
what is cohesion?
what is the molecular backbone of life?
what is carbon?
what are large molecules composed of many covalently connected atoms?
what are macromolecules?
what is being measured in an experiment?
what is the dependent variable?
what are atoms composed of?
what are neutrons, protons, and electrons
what do buffer solutions do?
what is resist changes in pH and maintain homeostasis?
what are isomers that are mirror images of each other?
what are enantiomers?
what are the monomers of carbohydrates?
what are monosaccharides?
steps of the scientific inquiry (in order)
what is observation, hypothesis, prediction, tests, results/conclusion
what are neutrons and protons measured in?
what are Daltons?
what bonds share electrons unequally between atoms?
what are polar covalent bonds?
what are isomers with the covalent bonds but differ in spatial arrangements
what are cis-trans isomers?
what macromolecule doesn't have polymers?
what are lipids?
what is the Mechanism behind Descent Modification
what is natural selection?
what are forms of an element with different numbers of neutrons?
what causes water to resist change?
what is water's high specific heat?
what are isomers that have different covalent arrangements of their atom?
What are structural isomers?
what monomers are linked by peptide bonds?
what are amino acids?
The levels of biological organization from smallest to largest?
what is molecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, biosphere
what is the three-dimensional place where an electron is found 90% of the time?
what are orbitals?
what causes water to be a versatile solvent?
what is water's high polarity?
what increases the solubility of organic molecules in water?
what is hydroxyl, carbonyl, and carboxyl groups?
what protein helps other proteins fold by giving them a proper environment that protects them?
what are chaperonins?