Basic Vocab
The study of living things.
What is biology?
When an organism get's larger.
What is growth?
All living things are made of one or more of these.
What are cells?
The type of number of atoms that make up one water molecule.
What is 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen?
Water is known as this, meaning it can dissolve any polar molecule.
What is "the universal solvent"?
Any living thing.
What is an organism?
The molecule that carries genetic information in cells.
What is DNA?
Any signal to which organisms respond.
What is a stimulus?
The type of bonding that occurs between different water molecules.
What is hydrogen bonding?
Ice is less _____________ than liquid water, which is why it can float.
A group of organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring.
What is a species?
Any inherited structure, behavior, or process that allows an organism to survive in their environment.
What is an adaptation?
When an organism shows improvement overtime or their body shows changes.
What is development?
The amount of heat needed to increase the temperature by 1oC.
What is specific heat?
Water has a partial negative charge and a partial positive charge on opposite ends of the molecule. This term describes any molecule with this slight difference in charge.
What is polar?
A living thing that is made of one or more cells.
What is multicellular?
A human will sweat when they are too hot in order for their body to maintain this.
What is homeostasis?
The set of chemical processes that happen inside organisms, which allow them to break down nutrients into usable energy.
What is metabolism?
The three states that water can exist in.
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
This property of water allows for surface tension.
What is cohesion?
This term refers to an organism that is able to reproduce.
What is fertile?
A short-term, involuntary response to a stimulus.
What is a reflex?
When a species slowly changes over time in response to their environment.
What is evolution?
This property of water is caused by the interaction of cohesion and adhesion forces.
What is capillary action?
This property of water is responsible for roots being able to absorb water from the soil.
What is capillary action?