Themes in the Study of Life
Chemicals of Life
Water and the Fitness of the Environment
Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules
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Novel properties that are not present at the preceding level.
What are Emergent Properties?
100
A substance that cannot be broken down to other substances.
What is an element?
100
A molecule with an unequal distribution of electrons.
What is a polar molecule?
100
The four major elements of organic compounds.
What are hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen?
100
A polymer is made up of many of these.
What is a monomer?
200
A cell that is subdivided by internal membranes into various membrane- enclosed organelles.
What is a eukaryotic cell?
200
A cruicial element to life with four valence electrons.
What is Carbon?
200
The clinging of water to another substance other than water.
What is adhesion?
200
A molecule consisting of strictly hydrogen and carbon.
What is a hydrocarbon?
200
This must occur in order to break down starch in to glucose.
What is hydrolysis?
300
A species must be able to adapt to an environment in order to do this.
What is Evolution?
300
A bond between a hydrogen atom and an oxygen atom within a water molecule.
What is a polar covalent bond?
300
This property of water is the reason why coastal areas stay at cool temperatures.
What are hydrogen bonds or what is high specific heat?
300
Two molecules with the same number and type of atoms but with different covalent arrangements.
What are structural isomers?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
What is C6 H30 O15?
400
This is an example: Mimicking the coloration of poisonous snakes is an adaptation that protects nonpoisonous snakes from predators.
What is a hypothesis?
400
The third electron shell has more of this than the second electron shell.
What is potential energy?
400
The difference in acidity between a pH of 2 and a pH of 5.
What is a thousand times?
400
Alcohols contain this type of functional group.
What is a hydroxyl group?
400
Liquid fat at room temperature contains a high concentration of these.
What are unsaturated fats?
500
An example of this type of reasoning is: "All organisms are made of cells."
What is inductive reasoning?
500
The prevalent bond between two methane (CH4) molecules.
What are Van der Waals Interactions?
500
This is the mechanism by which buffers act.
What is accepting and donating hydrogen ions?
500
ATP stores its energy between two of this type of functional group.
What is a phosphate group?
500
The level of protein structure within a polypeptide chain that is dictated by R-Group interactions.
What is tertiary structure?
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