Intro to Env
materials and energy sources found in nature that humans need to survive.
What is a natural resource?
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?
a single repeating unit
What are monomers?
groups of organisms change over time
What is evolution?
includes all living and nonliving things that organisms interact with
What is the environment?
the name of a compound that contains carbon
What is organic?
Water sticks to itself
What is cohesion?
A larger molecule made by linking repeating monomers together
What is a polymer?
a plant bends towards the direction of the sun
What is response to stimuli/environment?
Something that can't be replenished as quickly as it is used
What is a non renewable resource?
Negatively charged ion
What is an electron?
The type of bonding that occurs due to water's polarity
What is hydrogen bonding?
breaks down a polymer
What is hydrolysis ?
maintaining an internal balance
What is homeostasis?
Something that can be replenished quickly in the environment
What is a renewable resource?
4 main elements that make up living things
What is C, H, O, N?
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 4 macromolecules
What are carbs, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids ?
asexual/sexual, living things make more of their own kind
What is reproduction?
A term describing when people selfishly use a resource for their own benefit; therefore, depleting it for all including themselves
What is the tragedy of the commons?
important element, it can bond to 4 other atoms and is the basis of all living things
What is carbon?
Water is lost, a polymer is built
What is a dehydration synthesis?
when electrons are shared
What is covalent bonding?
made up of the smallest unit of life
What are cells?