Experiments & Graphs
This variable is what the scientist measures in response to the treatment.
What is a dependent variable?
The macromolecule that stores hereditary information.
What are nucleic acids?
The passive movement of water molecules across a semipermeable membrane from an area of lower solute concentration to an area of higher solute concentration to equalize solute concentrations on both sides
What is osmosis?
This metabolic process produces glucose using solar energy.
What is photosynthesis?
The process by which organisms keep everything inside their bodies within a stable range.
What is homeostasis?
In an experiment testing the effect of different nutrients on plant growth, this group receives regular soil and is used for comparison.
What is a control group?
This type of bond involves the unequal sharing of electrons between atoms.
What is a polar covalent bond?
This type of transport moves larger, polar molecules and ions across the membrane without energy.
What is facilitated diffusion?
The enzyme responsible for producing the bulk of the chemical energy made in cellular respiration.
What is ATP Synthase?
This model describes the cell membrane as a flexible phospholipid bilayer with proteins embedded throughout that can move sideways.
What is the fluid mosaic model?
This type of graph is best used to show how a variable changes over multiple data points, such as plant growth over several weeks.
What is a line graph?
The proper term for two amino acids linked together.
What is a dipeptide?
This describes a solution that contains a higher concentration of solute compared to the cells placed in it.
What is hypertonic?
The site of the light dependent reactions.
What is the thylakoid membrane?
This property of water is only possible due to the combination of another two properties, adhesion and cohesion, working together.
What is capillary action?
This type of graph is best used when displaying numerical data that are grouped into discrete categories.
What is a bar graph?
The chemical reaction that connects monomers together to form a polymer.
What is dehydration synthesis?
This two-worded term refers to when molecules continue to move across a membrane in both directions at equal rates
What is dynamic equilibrium?
This metabolic process is responsible for the production of bubbles in champagne.
What is alcohol fermentation?
This suffix, from the Greek word "lyein" meaning "to loosen," means decomposition, dissolution, breaking down, or separation
What is -lysis?
In an experiment testing whether microorganisms arose spontaneously, Louis Pasteur used this specially shaped piece of glassware to allow air to enter while trapping airborne particles, keeping the broth sterile.
What is an S-shaped flask?
This third component of an amino acid monomer, aside from the amine and carboxylic acid groups, has 20 different variants.
What is an R group?
This organelle is the site of ribosome synthesis.
What is the nucleolus?
This dinucleotide is the final electron acceptor in the light dependent reaction.
What is NADP+?
This molecule, also known as a "ribozyme" because it is made up of half RNA and half enzyme, is essential for cellular function.
What is a ribosome?