HOMEOSTASIS
A state of balance can be internal or external
What is Homeostasis
Any substance that cannot be broken down
What is an Element?
A compound containing Carbon
What is an Organic Compound?
ONE building block that bonds with others to form longer chains
What is a monomer?
A carbohydrate is made of these three items
What are carbon, hydrogen and oxygen?
Example: Body is Hot, so you sweat
What is an example of Negative Feedback?
What is a compound?
A compound without a carbon molecule
What are inorganic compounds?
The process of monomers being put together to create a polymer
What is synthesis?
The simplest monomer sugar is one of these
What is a monosaccharide?
A variable that intensifies a response
What is Positive Feedback?
An Atom
What is the smallest unit of an element?
Element 6
What is Carbon?
What is a polymer?
These four items are examples of a carbohydrate
What are bread, pasta, sugars, and starch?
Example: Labor contractions get worse until baby is born
What is an example of Positive Feedback?
The smallest unit of a compound
What is a molecule?
What is carbon?
The function of these is a fast energy that gives cells structure
What is a carbohydrate?
Starch is an example of this
What is a more complex polymer - a polysaccharide?
A variable that counteracts a response
What is Negative Feedback?
Elements that are found in living things
What are Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sulfer?
This is carbon based...
What is life?
Breaking polymers down into monomers
What is Digestion?
These store energy for long term use in the form of fats, provide insulation and form part of the cell structure
What are lipids?