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100
An oxygen atom contains 8 electrons and has an atomic mass of 16. How many protons are in one atom of oxygen?
What is 8?
100
This scientist first looked at cells under a microscope
Who is Leeuwenhoek?
100
The location of DNA
What is the nucleus
100
word describing the characteristic that all plants share in regards to sugar manufacturing.
What is autotroph?
100
Name and chemical formula for the type of sugar used by cells
What is glucose (C6H12O6)?
200
This type of bond allows for two or more atoms to form a chemical bond through sharing electrons
What is a covalent bond?
200
This scientist is known for discovering the base pair rule in DNA
Who is Chargaff?
200
Major difference between plant and animal cells
What is the cell wall?
200
The tissue category transporting water and nutrients
What is the vascular tissue?
200
This explains why chlorophyll appears green
What is because it does not absorb green wavelengths of light but instead reflects them?
300
This process breaks down organic molecules with the assistance of water
What is hydrolysis?
300
This part of a controlled experiment is the variable that is being observed and measured
What is the dependent variable?
300
This category of proteins acts as a tunnel for substances such as sugar.
What is integral (transmembrane) proteins?
300
Specific location of the light reaction in photosynthesis
What is the thylakoid?
300
This word root has the meaning "to break down or dissolve"
What is "lysis"?
400
This word describes a carbohydrate polymer
What is a polysaccharide?
400
These scientists won a Nobel Prize for identifying the final structure for DNA
Who are Watson and Crick?
400
This type of bacteria are found in places with extreme conditions such as volcanoes and black mud.
What are archaebacteria?
400
Molecule acting as an electron carrier during both photosynthesis and cellular respiration
What is NADH?
400
This word describes the DNA form within a bacterial cell
What is a plasmid?
500
What two types of organic molecules contain only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen?
What are lipids and carbohydrates?
500
Due to his work on vaccines and diseases, small pox is now eradicated.
Who is Jenner?
500
These are the three parts of the cell theory
What is 1. all living things are made of cells 2. cells are the basic unit of life 3. Cells arise from other cells
500
Three characteristics of angiosperms that give them an evolutionary advantage.
What are seeds, petals, vascular tissue, fruit
500
The oxygen used in cellular respiration results in the direct production of what substance?
What is water?
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