Scientific Method
Best explanation for an anticipated event in the experiment. Must be testable.
Main source of energy for cells.
What is a carbohydrate?
The biomolecule category that enzymes belong to.
What is a protein?
Control center of the cell.
What is a nucleus?
When water sticks to other water molecules.
What is cohesion?
The variable that is manipulated or tested by the scientist.
What is the independent variable?
Long term energy storage.
What is a lipid?
Another name for an enzyme.
What is a biological catalyst?
Site of protein production.
When water sticks to other surfaces.
What is adhesion?
The variable that changes due to the independent variable. The data being collected.
What is the dependent variable?
Builds structures in the cell such as muscle and bone.
What is a protein?
Enzymes lower this part of a chemical reaction in order to speed up the reaction.
What is activation energy?
Where photosynthesis occurs in a plant cell.
What is a chloroplast?
What is a polar molecule?
Group used as a comparison to understand the effects of the independent variable.
What is the control group?
Stores hereditary information.
What are nucleic acids?
What is denatured?
Where proteins are sorted, modified, and packaged.
What is a golgi apparatus/ body?
The ability of molecules at the surface of a liquid to form more attractions and draw inward.
What is surface tension?
Factors that stay the same between all groups of the experiment.
What are controlled variables/ factors?
The monomers of nucleic acids.
What are nucleotides?
What is pH or Temperature?
Main difference between a prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell.
What is a nucleus?
Weak bonds that form between two polar water molecules.
What are hydrogen bonds?