Biomolecules
Scientific Method
Characteristics of Life
Biochemical Reactions
Variables
100

This biomolecule is made of monosaccarides

What are Carbohydrates?

100

A plan for asking questions and testing possible answers

What is a scientific investigation?

100

Stable internal environment

What is homeostasis?

100

This type of biochemical reaction breaks down molecules

What is a catabolic reaction?
100

A variable that is not changed or affected in an experiment

What is a control?

200

This biomolecule is responsible for storing genetic information

What is nucleic acids?

200

A possible answer to a scientific question

What is a hypothesis?

200

A snake moving when you step on it would be an example of this characteristic of life.

What is respond to their environment?

200

Lowers activation energy to speed up chemical reactions

What is a catalyst?
200

The affected variable is this type

What is the dependent variable?

300

This biomolecule is built of amino acids

What is a protein?

300

A statement that tells what will happen under certain condition

What is a prediction?

300

Birds laying eggs would be an example of this characteristic of life

What is produce offspring?

300

This type of biochemical reaction builds bigger molecules

What is anabolic reaction?

300

In a scientific investigation look at how plant growth is affected by soil type, plant growth is which variable?

What is dependent variable?
400

This biomolecule is made of fatty acids

What is a lipid?

400

Any type of data that may either agree or disagree with a prediction

What is evidence?

400

Sweating when it is hot is an example of this characteristic of life

What is homeostasis?

400

Enzymes are also known as this

What are biological catalysts?

400

The variable that causes the affect on the dependent variable 

What is the independent variable?

500

This biomolecule is able to speed up chemical reactions by lowering activation energy

What is a catalyst?

500

A hypothesis must meet these three conditions for it to be a good hypothesis

What are based on scientific knowledge, must be logical, and must be falsifiable?
500

A human going from a baby to an adult is an example of this characteristic

What is grow and develop?

500
An example of this type of reaction would be building proteins from amino acids

What are anabolic reactions?

500

In a scientific study looking how reading affects test score, test scores are this variable

What is independent variable?

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