Characteristics of Life
The Scientific Method
Atoms
Chemical Compounds
Macromolecules
100

Name the characteristic of life that touch, light, and other senses relate to

What is Respond to Stimuli

100

Define Observation

What is Noticing/describing or processes in an orderly manner
100

Name the 3 subatomic particles in atoms

What is Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons

100

Define compound

What is Substance formed by the chemical combination of 2 or more elements in definite proportions.

100

List the 4 types of macromolecules

What is carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids

200

Name 2 characteristics that relate to DNA

What is Reproduction and Grow and Develop

200

Describe qualitative data

What is data that is descriptive and involve characteristics that cannot be measured

200

Define Isotope

What is Atoms of the same element that differ only in their number of neutrons.

200

Name and describe the 2 types of bonds

What is ionic bonds (atoms taking/releasing electrons and becoming ions) and covalent bonds (atoms sharing electrons)

200
Define enzymes and how they work

What is proteins that speed up chemical reactions but are not used up in the process. They are very specific, like a lock and key, and only work in certain environmental conditions

300

What is Homeostasis

"Steady-state", the equilibrium that allows it to maintain normal function

300

List the steps of the scientific method in order

What is Observe, Form Hypothesis, Experiment and Evaluate, and Theory

300

Describe what parts of the atom have mass and what parts have charge

What is Mass: from protons and neutrons. Charge: from protons and electrons

300

Describe hydrogen bonds

A weak attraction between a partially positive hydrogen and a partially negative other atom

300

Describe the structure and function of nucleic acids

What is made of nucleotides joined together into DNA or RNA, and function to transmit hereditary information

400

Name 2 ways that organisms can process energy

What is photosynthesis, metabolism from caloric foods

400

Explain independent and dependent variables

What is Independent: The thing being manipulated by the experimenter, does not depended on other variables in the experiment. Dependent: the thing being measured, it's outcome relies on the independent variable

400

Name what Greek philosopher the atom came from

What is Democritus

400

Describe cohesion, adhesion, and 3 important properties of water

What is cohesion: •Attraction between molecules of the same substance. Adhesion: Attraction between molecules of DIFFERENT substances. Properties: surface tension, capillary action, expanding when freezing, heat capacity

400

List the monomers of proteins, what binds them together, and what they are called when joined together

What is amino acids, peptide bonds, and polypetides

500

Define dead, alive, and nonliving

What is not possessing all 7 but did, possessing all 7, never possessed all 7

500

Explain Peer Review and Bias

Peer review prevents bias (which is personal, not scientific, opinion) and helps and ensure the work meets standards set by the scientific community. Does not ensure data is correct

500

Describe how to determine the number of valence electrons in an atom

What is the group number it is in on the periodic table

500

Name and describe 2 types of weak interactions

What is Van der Waals (Weak interactions between oppositely charged areas of nearby molecule) and Hydrogen Bonds (A weak attraction between a partially positive hydrogen and a partially negative other atom)

500

List the levels of protein structure and what they are

What is primary (how aa joined together), secondary (local folding of chain), tertiary (folding of whole chain), and quaternary (multiple chains in relation to each other)
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