Scientific Method
Levels of organization
Basic Chemistry
Macromolecules
Ecology
100
The first step of Scientific Method.
What is observation?
100
Smallest functional unit of life.
What are cells?
100
It contains 3 subatomic particles: protons, electrons, and neutrons.
What is an atom?
100
Main source of energy for the body.
What is carbohydrate?
100
Organism that can produce their own food.
What is an autotroph?
200
A statement that can be tested based on prior knowledge, can be supported or rejected.
What is a hypothesis?
200
Group of organism of one type that live in the same area.
What is a population?
200
When an atom has too many or too little electrons.
What is an ion?
200
Small units that are used in polymerization.
What are monomers?
200
Other names for heterotroph. (5 to be exact)
What are herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, detritvores, and decomposers.
300
A variable that is kept unchanged.
What is a controlled variable?
300
The ability for cells from 2 different parents unite to produce the first cell of a new organism.
What is sexual reproduction?
300
When an atom has a different number of neutrons.
What is an isotope?
300
Another name for many sugars.
What is polysaccharides?
300
Tracking of energy that can be passed through an ecosystem.
What is a food chain?
400
A variable that deliberately changes during the experiment.
What is the manipulated variable.
400
The combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down material.
What is metabolism?
400
When more than 2 elements are combined together, this is formed.
What is a compound?
400
Building blocks of protein.
What are amino acids?
400
If a hawk eats a rabbit, and the rabbit eats carrots. A snake also eats the rabbit that eats the carrots. In which trophic level would the rabbit be considered?
What is the second trophic level or primary consumers.
500
The steps of scientific method?
What is observation, hypothesis, experiment, and conclusion.
500
The ability for organisms to keep internal conditions fairly constant.
What is homeostasis?
500
P= 11 E = 10 N = 12
What is Na+1
500
Type of fat that has no double bond and also bad for you.
What is saturated fat?
500
The percentage of energy available within one level to transfer to the second.
What is 10%.
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