Biology 1
The relatively stable set of internal conditions that organisms maintain.
What is homeostasis?
These change during a chemical reaction between two compounds.
What are chemical bonds?
This biome supports more species than all other biomes.
What is a tropical rainforest?
The series of steps in which a large fish eats a small fish that has eaten algae.
What is a food chain?
This began in the 1950s.
What is Anthropocene?
Published results meet standards set by the scientific community.
What is the purpose of peer review in science?
These are the catalysts of reactions in living things.
What are enzymes?
This is defined by average temperatures, precipitation, and wind patterns in an area.
What is climate?
The scientific study of human population.
What is demography?
Large molecules such as glucose move across cell membranes through special protein channels.
What happens during facilitated diffusion?
A well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations.
What is a scientific theory?
A type of macromolecule that stores genetic information.
What are nucleic acids?
This climate zone is closest to the equator.
What is tropical?
The maximum number of individuals of a particular species that a particular environment can support.
What is carrying capacity?
These organelles are involved in the movement of a cell in its environment.
What are flagella cilia?
A logical interpretation of an observation.
What is an inference?
These are produced when a base is mixed with water.
What are hydroxide ions?
Nonliving factors of an environment.
What are abiotic factors?
A salt marsh that helps prevent flooding of a coastal town is an example of this ecosystem service.
What is buffering?
Proteins are assembled on these.
What are ribosomes?
"The worm is 3 cm long."
What is an observation?
This is a variable that scientists use to divide the open ocean into 2 zones.
What is depth?
The total amount of living tissue at each trophic level in an ecosystem.
What is a pyramid of biomass?
The ability of a city to rebuild after a natural disaster.
What is resilience?
The portion of the cell outside the nucleus.
What is cytoplasm?