Science
The body's use of molecules for energy and growth
What is metabolism?
A proposed answer to a question about the natural world
What is a claim?
Information about the natural world that is used to support or go against (refute) a claim
What is evidence?
The ability to make things move or change
What is energy?
A molecule that organisms can use to release energy, and that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms
What is glucose?
The body system that takes in food and breaks it down
What is the digestive system?
Molecules that are the building blocks of protein
What are amino acids?
A molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms
What is carbon dioxide?
A molecule that organisms get from the air or water around them and use to release energy
What is oxygen?
A category of large molecules that perform important functions inside living things
What are proteins?
The process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim
What is reasoning?
The body system that takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide
What is the respiratory system?
A process in which atoms rearrange to form new substances
What is a chemical reaction?
A claim supported by evidence
What is a scientific arguement?
A type of energy storage molecule made of many glucose molecules connected.
What is starch?
A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
What is a system?
The body system that transports molecules to and from all cells of the body
What is the circulatory system?
The chemical reaction between oxygen and glucose that releases energy into cells
What is cellular respiration?
A group of atoms joined together in a particular way
What is a molecule