Scientific Method
Lipids
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Nucleic Acids
100
Independent Variable
What is the variable that the scientist manipulates in an experiment?
100
The function of lipids
What is long term energy storage?
100
the function of enzymes
What is to speed up the rate of chemical reactions?
100
a ring of C-H-O
What is the structure of carbohydrates?
100
a type of nucleic acid
What is DNA?
200
Dependent variable
What is the variable that is measured in an experiment?
200
The structure of lipids
What are long c-h chains or fatty acid chains?
200
activation energy
What is the energy that enzymes lower in reactions?
200
the function of carbohydrates
What is short term energy storage?
200
An example of a nucleic acid that can leave the nucleus?
What is RNA?
300
An experiment in which only one variable is changed and everything else is kept the same.
What is a controlled experiment?
300
The role of lipids in the cell
What is to make up the cell membrane?
300
denaturing
What is it called when protein structure is changed?
300
an example of a carbohydrate
What is glucose/sugar/starch/etc. (breads, pastas, pizza)?
300
holds genetic information
What is the function of nucleic acid?
400
A factor that remains the same throughout the experiment
What is the constant?
400
the reason oil and water don't mix
What does it mean to be not water soluble? polar vs non polar, hydrophobic vs hydrophilic.
400
temperature, pH and concentration
What are the environmental factors that affect enzymes?
400
the similarity between carbohydrates and lipids
What is energy storage or same elements?
400
nucleotide
What is the monomer that makes up nucleic acid?
500
A group that is used a as a comparison to the experimental group?
What is the control group?
500
the name of the head of a lipid molecule (hint: "water loving")
What is hydrophilic head?
500
lock and key model
What is the model that explains how enzymes are specific to certain substrates?
500
carbon, ________ and ______ make up carbohydrates
What are hydrogen and oxygen?
500
the three components of a nucleotide?
What are phosphate, sugar and base?
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