Biology Review
Variable that is changed or manipulated in an experiment.
What is an indpendent variable?
Carbon is so important to macromolecules due to this one unique property.
What is the allowance of four covalent bonds?
Name the polymer to this monomer: Fatty Acid
What is a lipid/fat?
The property of water that allows it to mix with other substances of the same type.
The complementary strand of DNA to 5'-CCAGAATCGTA-3'.
What is '3-GGTCTTAGCAT-5'?
Hypothesis that states there will be no change due to the independent variable on the dependent variable.
What is null hypothesis?
Number of valence electrons the element carbon has.
What are 4 valence electrons?
Type of nucleic acids are usually single stranded.
What is RNA?
The property where water molecules stick to other substances.
What is adhesion?
What is a polynucleotide?
Control in which the group recieves a treatment with a known result.
What is positive control?
Carbon chains form what structure in most organic molecules.
What are skeletons?
Type of fat that allows for more flexibility in colder temperatures.
What is unsatruated fat?
Ice forms this structure to help it float.
What is a cystalline structure?
Functional group found in all amino acids.
What is - NH2 (amino group)?
Hypothesis where there is a relationship/ effect/ difference between the two groups of data.
What is alternative hypothesis?
Organic moleucles consisting only of hydrogen and carbon.
What are hydrocarbons?
A humans have adapated to sweat when in extremely hot temperatures to take advantage of what properaty of water.
What is evaporative cooling?
There is a deletion of an amino acid at the primary level. What other levels will be impacted by this deletion.
What are secondary and tertiary levels?
Factors kept consistent for all groups to ensure only the IV affects the outcome.
A monomer becomes a polymer through this chemical process. (Not dehydration synthesis)
What is polymerization?
Name the type of lipid that is most commonly found in cell membranes.
What are phosolipids?
Property of water allows oceans to become "temperature regulators".
What is high specific heat?
Protein level at which alpha helices and beta sheets are present.
What is the secondary level?