Nature of Science
Cells
Transport and Energy
Classification etc.
Microbiology
100
Something you read before performing a lab.
What is a procedure?
100
Something prokaryotes do not have in their cells.
What is a nucleus?
100
A process that uses sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose.
What is photosynthesis?
100
Archaea, Eukarya, and Bacteria
What are the three domains.
100
Any organism that cannot be classified in another kingdom.
What is a protist?
200
The scientific study of life.
What is biology?
200
It regulates which substances can move in and out of the cell.
What is a cell membrane?
200
The movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to and area of lower concentration.
What is diffusion?
200
An organism that can make its own food.
What is an autotroph?
200
They are made of genetic material (DNA and RNA), and a capside (protein).
What are viruses?
300
An educated guess supported by background information and data.
What is a hypothesis?
300
Where proteins are made.
What are ribosomes?
300
One of the principal chemical compounds that living things use to store and release energy.
What is ATP?
300
A two-word name given to each kind of organism.
What is binomial nomenclature?
300
Viruses reproduce in one of these two ways.
What are the lytic and the lysogenic cycles?
400
The relatively constant internal physical and chemical conditions that organisms maintain.
What is homeostasis?
400
A cell organelle that breaks down lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins into small molecules that can be used by the rest of the cell.
What is a lysosome?
400
The process that releases energy from glucose.
What is cellular respiration?
400
The kingdom in which organisms have cells without a cell wall.
What is the animal kingdom?
400
The names of the three shapes of prokaryotes.
What are cocci, bacilli, and spirillium.
500
To give explanations for natural events, to understand patterns, and to make predictions.
What are the goals of science?
500
All living things are made up of cells; Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things; and New cells come from existing cells
What is cell theory?
500
The process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen. Two types are alcoholic and lactic acid.
What is fermentation?
500
A key used to identify organisms.
What is a dichotomous key?
500
A type of asexual reproduction prokaryotes use in which an organism replicates its DNA and divides in half, producing two identical daughter cells.
What is binary fission?
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