Scientific Method
Characteristics of Life
Macromolecules & Enzymes
Cell Organelles
Cell Membrane & Transport
100
The "educated guess" of the scientific method.
What is a hypothesis?
100
A change in an organism’s surroundings that causes it to react.
What is a stimulus?
100
The general term for a large molecule made up of small individual monomers.
What is a polymer?
100
The type of cell that does have membrane-bound organelles.
What is a eukaryotic cell?
100
The hydrophilic portion of the lipid bilayer.
What is the phosphate head?
200
The variable that you manipulate and change.
What is an independent variable?
200
The basic unit of life.
What is a cell?
200
Amino acids are the monomers for this macromolecule.
What are proteins?
200
The organelle that stores genetic material.
What is the nucleus?
200
The hydrophobic portion of the lipid bilayer.
What are fatty acid tails?
300
These factors remain the same throughout the experiment to ensure accuracy and reliability.
What are constant variables/factors?
300
The reason you do not remain as a baby for your entire life.
What is growth and development?
300
DNA is an example of this macromolecule.
What is a nucleic acid?
300
The POWERHOUSE of the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
300
This membrane protein spans across the entire membrane and acts as a channel.
What is a transmembrane protein?
400
The variable that you measure and record.
What is the dependent variable?
400
Metabolism is an example of this characteristic of life.
What is obtain and use energy?
400
The energy required to overcome a chemical reaction.
What is activation energy?
400
This organelle modifies, packages, and ships proteins.
What is the Golgi apparatus?
400
The type of solution that would do this to your cells.
What is a hypertonic solution?
500
The untreated experimental setup meant to represent normal unchanged conditions.
What is the control group?
500
Your children, your children’s children, and your children’s children’s children.
What is reproduction?
500
The monomer for a carbohydrate.
What is a monosaccharide?
500
This organelle breaks down and digests material.
What is a lysosome?
500
The diffusion of water.
What is osmosis?