Scientific Method
The group in an experiment that does not receive the treatment.
What is the control group?
A(n) ___ is the smallest unit of matter.
What is an atom?
A(n) ____ is the monomer of a protein.
What is an amino acid?
This cell structure synthesizes proteins.
What is a ribosome?
In diffusion, molecules move from ____ to ____ concentration.
What is high to low?
The ___ variable is found on the X-axis of a graph.
What is the independent variable?
The number of protons in an atom is the ____ _____.
What is the atomic number?
This group of biological molecules carry genetic information.
What is nucleic acids?
All cells have a(n) _____.
What is a (one of the following)
plasma membrane, cytoplasm, DNA, ribosomes
During osmosis, the region with a lower solute concentration is ____.
What is hypotonic?
The ____ variable is also called the response variable.
What is the dependent variable?
A charged atom is called a(n) ___.
What is an ion?
Lipids are hydrophobic because of the nonpolar covalent bonds between ____ and ____.
What are carbon and hydrogen?
Name one structure present only in eukaryotes.
What is (one of the following)
mitochondria, rough ER, smooth ER, Golgi apparatus, nucleus
This type of transport requires the use of a carrier protein and ATP.
What is active transport?
The ____ is written as an if...then... statement.
What is the prediction?
Carbon forms a ____ ____ bond with hydrogen.
What is nonpolar covalent?
This polysaccharide is abundant in plant cell walls.
What is cellulose?
If a cell is missing a cell wall, it is also missing this organelle.
What is a (one of the following)
chloroplast, central vacuole
The diffusion of glucose into a cell requires a _____ _____.
What is a channel protein?
The ____ is calculated by adding all the numbers in the data set and dividing by the number of data points.
What is the average?
Water molecules form ___ bonds with adjacent water molecules.
What is a hydrogen bond?
A nucleotide is composed of these three components.
What are a hydrophilic head, a phosphate group, and fatty acid tails?
This cytoskeletal fiber is used for locomotion and is present in cilia and flagella.
What is a microtubule?
If ions in the blood plasma become very concentrated, their blood cells will ____.
What is shrivel or shrink?