Scientific Method
This term means to repeat your own experiment.
What is repeatable?
This water property is responsible for the maintaining homeostasis in bodies of water.
What is high specific heat capacity?
The monomer of carbohydrates.
What is a monosaccharide?
The building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
The 2 types of nucleic acids.
What is DNA & RNA?
The first step of the scientific method.
What is asking a question?
The ability of water to dissolve lots of substances.
What is a universal solvent?
The monomers of lipids.
What are glycerol & fatty acids?
This determines the function of a protein.
What is the shape?
The monomer of nucleic acids.
What are nucleotides?
The purpose of a control group in an experiment.
What is to serve as a baseline for comparison, not receiving experimental treatment?
The reason why ice floats on water, keeping fish insulated.
What is because ice is less dense?
This is the difference between the functions of carbohydrates & lipids.
What is energy storage?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY ***** how many points would you'd like to wager???**********
Name one function of proteins and describe the function.
The function of DNA is to...
What is to store & transmit genetic information?
If you change the amount of water you give to a plant, it will affect its growth. Define using scientific method, the factor of the plant's growth.
What is dependent variable?
This type of bond holds water molecules together.
What is hydrogen bonding?
carbohydrates, like glucose, have ringlike structures. Lipids are different because they are long __________.
What are chains?
The types of food you can find proteins in.
What are meats?
The structural difference between DNA and RNA.
What is that RNA is single-stranded and DNA is double-stranded?
Describe a well-designed experiment using all steps of scientific method.
What is to ask a question, create a hypothesis, observe your experiment, collect & analyze data, conclusion?
This makes water a polar molecule.
what is the unequal distribution of charges?
Name an example of a polysaccharide that is used to structure plant cell walls.
What is cellulose?
The elements that make up proteins.
What is C, H, O, N, sometimes S
Describe the purpose of a dehydration synthesis reaction and a hydrolysis reaction.
What is: Dehydration: builds polymers, loses water
Hydrolysis: break down polymers using water ?