Scientific Method
Characteristics of Life
Chemistry of Life
pH and water
Macromolecules
100
the formation of an educated guess

What is a hypothesis?

100

Information stored in the nucleus of the cell

What is DNA?

100

The total mass of protons and neutrons.

What is the atomic mass?

100

When there are more hydrogen ions in solution

What is an acid?

100

Many types of saccharides make up these macromolecules.

What are carbohydrates?

200

A variable that changes due to independent variable

What is the dependent variable?

200

The basic unit of life that can exist.

What is a cell?

200

A positive charged subatomic particle.

proton

200

a pH of 7

What is Neutral or the pH of water?

200

A macromolecule made of a phosphate group, a 5-carbon sugar and a nitrogenous base.

What is Nucleic acid?

300

Part of the experiment that stays the same

What is a constant?

300

Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis are both metabolic processes used to obtain this.

What is energy?

300

Anything that has mass and takes up space

What is Matter?

300

Water has an unequally distributed electron charge.

What is polar?

300

Proteins are built with these monomer units.

What are amino acids?

400

Part of the experiment the scientist changes

What is the independent variable?

400

All cells must maintain a balance of chemicals, temperature and water.

What is homeostasis?

400

eight electrons

What is the number of electrons in a stable or noble orbital?

400

Waters ability to maintain homeostasis in the environment and climate.

What is a specific heat?

400

This macromolecule does not dissolve in water.

What are lipids?

500

Observations made with your senses

What are qualitative results?
500

The eye squinting is an example of this process

What is act, adapt or respond?

500

The transfer of electrons from one atom to another.

What is ionic bonding?

500

Waters ability to "stick together" is through this bonding.

What is hydrogen bonding?

500
This nucleotide has three phosphate groups.

What is ATP?

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