A factor that stays the same throughout the experiment.
What is a constant?
100
The smallest particle of an element that has the characteristics of the element.
What is an atom?
100
they provide this to living organisms, so they can do work.
What is energy?
100
special proteins that catalyze chemical reactions in living things.
What are enzymes?
100
they are commonly called
What is fat?
200
Used during a scientific investigation for comparison.
What is control/control group?
200
Smallest particle of a substance made of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.
What is a molecule?
200
Carbohydrates are made of the elements carbon, hydrogen, and ...
What is oxygen?
200
Proteins are made of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and ...
What is carbon?
200
They are made of lipids and carry messages through the body?
What are hormones?
300
Data for this variable are plotted on the y-axis.
What is dependent variable?
300
a molecule that can be bonded to form long molecules.
What is a monomer?
300
Three examples of carbohydrates?
What are glucose, starch, and glycogen?
300
They are the monomers of proteins
What are amino acids?
300
Lipids are made of the elements carbon, oxygen, and ...
What is hydrogen?
400
Variable manipulated by the researcher and expected to have an effect on another variable.
What is independent variable?
400
large molecule
What is a macromolecule?
400
source of energy and storage of energy, body structure.
What are functions of carbohydrates?
400
Proteins help cells keep...
What is shape/structure?
400
Pass instructions from parents to offspring.
What are nucleic acids?
500
hypothesis tested through several scientific investigations and proven to be true; but can be changed as new technology and information become available.
What is a theory?
500
macromolecules found in organisms
What are biological macromolecules?
500
A generic name for monomer of carbohydrates
What is a monosaccharide?
500
Our immune system uses proteins to make these structures that fight specific diseases.