Chapter 1
What are 3 characteristics of living things?
Made cells, can reproduce, have a metabolism
What is a proton?
Positively charged particle of an atom
What are the 2 major types of cells?
Prokaryote, Eukaryote
What is a solute?
Material that is being dissolved
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
What is the hierarchy of life?
Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Organ Systems
What is a neutron?
A particle of an atom with no charge (neutral)
What type of cells have no membrane-bound organelles?
Prokaryotes
What is a solvent?
Material that is being replicated
What does mRNA stand for?
Ribonucleic Acid
What is the scientific method?
Problem/question, Hypothesis, Procedure
What is an electron?
Negatively charged particle of an atom
What is the powerhouse of the cell?
Mitochondria
What is a solution?
Solute dissolved in solvent
Guanine bonds to?
Cytosine
What is an independent variable?
What is changed by the experimenter during the experiment
What are surface tension, cohesion, and adhesion?
Characteristics of water
Which organelles are only found in plant cells?
Chloroplast, cell wall, and large central vacuole
What is a hypertonic solution?
A solution that causes the cell to shrink due to osmosis
Adenine bonds to?
Thymine
What is the dependent variable?
The outcome of the experiment
What is CHNOP the elements of?
Nucleic acids
What is the purpose of cilia and flagella?
Movement of the cell
What is passive transport?
Transport through the phospholipid bilayer that doesn't use energy
Uracil