Diffusion
Life Substances
Water
Characteristics of Life
Odds'n'Ends
100
The movement of particles from high concentration to low concentration
What is diffusion?
100
List the three of the four biomolecules
What are carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids?
100
The chemical composition of water (?? Hydrogen, ?? Oxygen)
What is 2 Hydrogen and 1 Oxygen?
100
In order to be alive, organisms must possess (have) ______ characteristics of life.
What is all/every?
100
All of the chemical reactions that occur within an organism (responsible for keeping people skinny).
What is metabolism?
200
This is the name for something that is used to "detect" or "indicate" if an item is present.
What is an indicator?
200
These bio-molecules provide energy. They are found in such things as sugars and starches.
What are carbohydrates?
200
Water is considered this because it has a negative and positive side (not because it hangs out with Santa Claus).
What is polar?
200
What all living things are made up of
What is Carbon?
300
List two of the three factors that influence the rate of diffusion (how fast diffusion happens).
What are concentration, temperature, and pressure?
300
This bio-molecule provide structure for tissues and organs. They carry out cell metabolism too. Examples would be a steak, eggs, nuts.
What are proteins?
300
What water does when it freezes
What is expands?
300
Is fire a living organism? How do we know?
What is no, because it does not possess every characteristic of life?
300
Two of the sugars that carbohydrates can be found in.
What is sucrose, glucose, and fructose.
400
The continuous movement of particles but no overall charge, it is balanced out
What is dynamic equilibrium?
400
These bio-molecules provide protective coverings, energy storage, and insulation of the cell. Examples would be fats, oils, waxes, and steroids.
What are lipids?
400
One of the qualities of water that allows it to resist ______________ change.
What is temperature?
400
Changes to an organism over a long period of time.
What is evolution?
400
Another name (synonym) for natural or living.
What is organic?
500
The word to describe when membranes (cells) only let certain things inside and outside (the bouncers).
What is semi-permeable?
500
These bio-molecules hold the code necessary for life. Examples are DNA and RNA.
What are nucleic acids?
500
Water helps cells maintain their internal environment, another word for this is...
What is homeostasis?
500
List all 6 of the characteristics of life.
What is responds to the environment, adapts to the environment, organization, made up of cells, reproduction, and growth/development?
500
The four elements that make up 96% of the human body (rhymes with TRON).
What is CHON (Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen)?
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