Scientific Skills
This part of C-E-R explains why your evidence supports the claim
What is Reasoning?
This macromolecule is the main source of quick energy
What are carbohydrates?
These small structures perform one single function and work together within a cell.
What are organelles?
The spiral shape of DNA
What is a double helix?
What is a mutation?
This variable is intentionally changed by the scientist in an experiment
This is the monomer of proteins
What are amino acids?
This organelle turns sunlight into glucose (sugar) in plant cells.
What is the chloroplast?
The process of making mRNA from DNA (Hint: same language)
What is transcription?
A mutation that adds a nucleotide base
Example: AAGT=> AACGT
What is insertion?
The type of data that measures qualities or characteristics (using the 5 senses)
What is Qualitative Data?
This type of protein speeds up chemical reactions
What are enzymes?
What is osmosis?
The 3-letter units or "words" made of nucleotides
What are codons?
The category of mutation that changes only one nucleotide, including silent and missense mutations
What is a point mutation?
The type of data measured numerically (using numbers)
What is Quantitative Data?
High heat changes an enzymes shape; this is called...
What is denaturation?
Diffusion
The carries or transfers amino acids to the ribosome
What is tRNA?
The type of mutation that shifts the entire reading frame
What is a frame shift mutation?
The initial guess or prediction of an investigation based on observation.
What is a Hypothesis?
What is the lock-and-key model?
This is the structure around a cell that maintains homeostasis
What is the cell membrane?
The process of making an amino acid sequence from mRNA (Hint: different language)
The type of mutation that removes a nucleotide base
Example: AAGT => AGT
What is a deletion?