Metric System
The base unit for mass in the metric system is this.
What is a gram?
"The plant is 15 cm tall" is an example of an observation or inference?
What is an observation?
These molecules are the primary source of energy for living organisms.
What are carbohydrates?
The process of photosynthesis occurs in this organelle.
What is the chloroplast?
The nucleus is responsible for storing this.
What is genetic information?
If a bottle contains 2 liters of water, how many milliliters is that?
What is 2000 milliliters?
T/F: Scientists prefer observations over inferences because they are more objective.
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Proteins are made up of these building blocks.
What are amino acids?
This gas is released as a byproduct of photosynthesis.
What is oxygen?
The organelle responsible for protein synthesis in the cell.
What are ribosomes?
Convert 50,000 millimeters to meters.
What is 50 meters?
In an experiment, this variable is the one that is changed or manipulated.
What is the independent variable?
DNA and RNA belong to this group of biological molecules.
What are nucleic acids?
Cellular respiration primarily produces this molecule for energy.
What is ATP?
This term describes the maximum population size an ecosystem can support (known as k-value).
What is carrying capacity?
This is the metric unit used to measure temperature.
What is Celsius?
These variables must remain constant to ensure a fair experiment.
What are controlled variables?
State two foods that commonly contain lipids.
Example: What are butter and olive oil?
Cellular respiration takes place in this organelle.
What is the mitochondria?
This type of growth curve levels off when a population reaches its carrying capacity.
What is logistic growth?
If an object weighs 250 kilograms, how many milligrams does it weigh?
What is 250,000,000 mg?
In an experiment measuring plant growth based on light exposure, this variable is the dependent one.
What is the height of the plant?
Starch is an example of this type of carbohydrate.
What is a polysaccharide?
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are connected because the ________ for one are the ________ for the other.
What are reactants and products?
Provide an example of a density-independent factor that affects populations regardless of size.
Examples: What is a hurricane/fire/drought/earthquake?