Scientific Method
Vocabulary
Cells & Organelles
Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration
DNA
100
What are the steps of the scientific method?
1. Observation
2. Question
3. Hypothesis
4. Experiment
5. Results
6. Conclusion
100
What the scientist changes in the experiment; the manipulated variable
Independent Variable
100
I control the cell and contain all of the DNA
NUCLEUS
100
Where does photosynthesis occur on a plant?
leaf
100
What is the structure of DNA called?
Double Helix
200
The group that receives no experimental treatment; the “normal” group; used as a comparison to the other group
control
200
Composed of Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen;
Monomer: Monosaccharide/Glucose;
Function: Storing short-term energy;
Examples: Breads & Pasta
What macromolecule am I?
Carboydrates
200
I make proteins
ribosome
200
What are the reactants of photosynthesis?
water, sunlight, & carbon dioxide
200
Where is DNA found in a cell?
Nucleus
300
Spongebob was testing the effect of breath mints on customer breath. He conducted two different experiments. One group received breath mints after they ate the burgers. The other group did not get a breathmint. What was the dependent variable?
customer breath
300
A special Protein that speeds up reactions and lowers activation energy
enzyme
300
i clean up the cell. I am like a janitor
lysosome
300
What are the products of cellular respiration?
oxygen and glucose
300
What are the four bases of DNA? FULL NAME!!!
Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine
400
Taste, See, Touch, Smell, Hear
Observation
400
What Am I?
The monomer of nucleic Acids. Consist of Three Parts:
Sugar
Phosphate Group
The nitrogenous base
Nucleotide
400
I contain a cell wall, mitochondria, nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, and a vacuole. What kind of cell am I?
plant cell
400
What organelle does cellular respiration occur in?
mitochondria
400
Replicate the following strand: TTA CCT AGT CTA
AAT GGA TCA GAT
500
This is the variable you measure
dependent variable
500
Openings in leaves that allow the exchange of gases.
Stomata
500
Semi-permeable phospholipid bilayer with embedded proteins
cell membrane
500
What is the equation for photosynthesis?
H2O + CO2 + sun light --> O2 + C6H12O6
500
Transcribe the following strand:
TTA AAT GCG CTA
AAU UUA CGC GAU