Chemistry of Life
Chemistry of Life
Chemistry of Life
Characteristics of Life
Life Processes
100
After water, the most abundant material in cells
What are proteins.
100
Compounds that cannot mix with water.
What are lipids?
100
DNA is a form of this.
What are nucleic acids?
100
A membrane covered structure that contains all of the necessary materials for life.
What are cells?
100

The stomach is part of this organ system

What is the digestive System?

200
Organisms break down the proteins in food to supply cells with these:
What are amino acids.
200
Type of lipid that stores energy.
What are fats and oils?
200
These are sometimes called the blueprint of life.
What are nucleic acids?
200
A change in a organisms environment that affects the activity of the organism.
What is a stimulus?
200

The heart is a part of this Organ system?

What is the Circulatory System?

300
A group of Compounds made of sugars.
What are carbohydrates?
300
Type of lipid that forms cell membranes.
What are phospholipids?
300
This is a major fuel source of used for cell activity.
What is ATP?
300
The maintenance of a stable environment.
What is homeostasis?
300
Every living thing is made up of these.
What are cells?
400
Made up of one sugar molecule or a few sugar molecules.
What are Simple Sugars?
400
This part of the phospholipid molecules faces out into the water.
What is the head?
400
Table sugar is an example of this type of carbohydrate.
What are simple sugars?
400
The six characteristics of life:
What are cells, response to change, reproduce, DNA, Use energy, Grow and Develop.
400
What are the six life processes?
What are get energy, use energy, get rid of waste, reproduce, grow, and respond to change.
500
Plants make this type of complex carbohydrate.
What is a starch.
500
This compound has subunits called nucleotides.
What are nucleic acids?
500
This type of protein attaches to red blood cells to carry oxygen to the body.
What is hemoglobin?
500
These provide instructions for for molecules called proteins.
What is DNA?
500
The human body sweating in the heat would be an example of what life process?
What is responding to change?
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