BIOLOGY
An idea that can be tested by observations or experiments
What is a scientific hypothesis?
Table of elements arranged in order of increasing atomic number
What is the periodic table?
the weight of an element on the periodic table
What is an atomic mass?
Organic compounds used to store energy
What are carbohydrates?
Hypothesis, observation, experiment, data, analyze results, conclusion and report findings
What is the scientific method?
An attraction between two atoms that participate in other chemical bonds
What are hydrogen bonds?
What is ATP?
species can change over time
What is theory of evolution?
Organisms that are mire adapted to their environment who are more likely to survive and pass on their successful genes
What is natural selection?
sharing of electrons between atoms
What are covalent bonds?
When one atom gives electrons to another atom
What are ionic bonds?
What is hydrolysis?
Molecules combined by the removal of H2O
What is dehydration?
Diffusion of water
What is osmosis?
Factors that can affect enzyme activity
What are pH, temperature, salt, concentration?
Type of alleles an individual has
What is a genotype?
Breakdown of glucose to produce energy
What is glycolysis?
Trait or characteristic that is exhibited?
What is phenotype?
Chemical formula of water
What is H2O?
Solute in a salt water solution
what is salt?
amount of energy required to cause a chemical reaction
What is activation energy?
fat or fatty acid in which there is at least one double bond with the fatty acid chain
What are unsaturated fats?
Nucleotides found in DNA
What are adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine?
Area where a substrate interacts with an enzyme
What is active site?