Intro to Bio
These organisms have a nucleoid DNA containing region in the center of their cells, have ribosomes, and a cell membrane, but no golgi apparatus.
What are prokaryotes (bacteria)?
The nucleus of an atom contains these subatomic particles:
What are protons and neutrons?
Water's attraction to other molecules is known as:___________
What is adhesion?
___________ are groups of cells that interconnect with each other and perform a shared function.
What are tissues?
Protein synthesis is carried out by:
What are ribosomes?
A scientist studying the behavior of golden retrievers, notices that the dogs love to eat cheese chunks. He then writes a paper suggesting that all dogs love cheese. This is an example of _______________ reasoning
What is inductive Reasoning?
This is a positively charged ion
What is a cation?
A substance that easily dissolves in water is known as ___________.
What is hydrophilic?
Carbohydrates on a cell's exterior surface are known as a cell's ______________.
What is Glycocalyx?
___________ produce the energy of the cell, ATP.
What are mitochondria?
This is the part of a scientific paper that is a short description of a study's purpose, design, results and conclusion:
What is an abstract?
This is the strongest type of chemical bond
What are covalent bonds?
When a hydrogen from one water molecule binds to the oxygen of another water molecule _______________ bonding has occurred.
What is hydrogen bonding?
A cytoskeletal component that helps resist cell compression, provides a track for vesicle movement and pulls replicated chromosomes to opposite ends of a dividing cell is _______________.
What are microtubules?
Water concentration in plants is regulated by a large central ___________.
What are vacuoles?
This is a diagram showing the evolutionary relationships among biological species based on similarities and differences in genetic or physical traits or both is known as a(n) ______________________.
What is a phylogenetic tree?
If an atom has 6 electrons in the second shell, how many single covalent bonds could it potentially form?
What is 2?
This is the characteristic of water in which a lot of heat is needed to change the temperature of it.
What is high specific heat capacity?
The most abundant protein in the extracellular matrix of an animal cell is _____________.
What is collagen?
Garbage disposals for the eukaryotic cell with an acidic pH are known as ______________.
What are Lysosomes?
This is an organism capable of making its own food.
What is an autotroph?
Carbon-16 contains how many neutrons?
What is 10?
This type of biochemical reaction generates a water molecule as a byproduct.
What is a dehydration synthesis?
_______________ transport does not require energy in the form of ATP but does need a concentration gradient.
What is passive?
Photosynthesis in plants is carried out within the:
What are Chloroplasts?