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All cells are surrounded by this semi-permeable structure.
What is a cell membrane?
An organic compound must contain this element.
What is carbon?
This positively charged subatomic particle is found in the nuclei of all atoms.
What is a proton?
This characteristic of life addresses how living organisms make more living organisms.
What is reproduction?
This organelle is the site of protein prodcution.
What is a ribosome?
Prokaryotic cells lack this DNA-protecting structure.
What is a nucleus?
This type of organic macromolecule stores easily accessible energy.
What is a carbohydrate?
This type of bond occurs when two atoms share electrons.
What is a covalent bond?
This domain of life both unicellular and multicellular organisms.
What is Eukarya?
Many cells digest compounds to be recycled in this structure.
What is a lysosome?
Cell membranes are composed primarily of this amphipathic compound.
What is a phospholipid?
Amino acids, monosaccharides, and nucleotides are joined into polymers with this type of chemical reaction.
What are hydration reactions?
This property of water molecules' covalent bonds allows them to form hydrogen bonds.
What is polarity? What is a polar covalent bond?
This level of biological organization refers to a group of the same species living at the same time in the same place.
What is a population?
Plant life convert sunlight into usable energy in this organelle.
What is a chloroplast?
Plant cells digest compounds and store water in this structure.
What is a vacuole?
This polysaccharide is critical component that maintains structure in plant cell walls.
What is cellulose?
The chemical energy stored in the bonds of molecules is this type of energy as opposed to kinetic energy.
What is potential energy?
This name, meaning "self-feeding" refers to organisms that make their own food.
What are autotrophs?
This molecule serves as a copy of a protein “recipe,” carrying information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome.
What is mRNA?
What is the nucleolus?
This type of macromolecule monomer is one of three components of nucleotides.
What is a monosaccharide or simple sugar?
This property of water molecules allows them to "stick" to other polar or charged moelcules.
What is adhesion?
This former biological kingdom was essentially a trash bin for organisms that scientists didn’t know how to group.
What are protists/Protista?
This structure uses oxidation reactions to breakdown toxic substances.
What is a peroxisome?