Unit 1
What is Biology?
The study of life.
What do carnivores consume?
Kills and eats other animals.
What does energy mean?
The ability to do work.
What do strong bases readily donate?
OH-
What do omnivores consume?
Both plants and other animals
What is a positive response?
Movement towards and stimulus.
What is a niche?
Describes where an organism lives and what is does “for a living” including the way it interacts with biotic and abiotic factors
What is the function of the mitochondria?
Generates energy for the cell
What organelle holds genetic material for the cell?
The nucleus
What does the atomic number measure?
Number of protons
What is a solution?
Ions gradually becoming dispersed in water.
What does interspecific competition mean?
Competition between members of different species
What is cell division?
The process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells
What is a community?
Different populations that live together in the same area.
What is the equation for photosynthesis?
6CO2+ 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
What are the four types of macromolecules?
What are the four density-dependent limiting factors?
Parasitism and Disease
Competition
Stress from overcrowding
Predator-Prey relationship
What are the four ways ATP helps cells?
Movement
Active Transport
Building Molecules
Cell Division
What happens during Telophase?
Two nuclei form around the separated sets of chromosomes at opposite ends of the cell.
What happens is in the G2 phase of Interphase?
Further growth and preparation for mitosis.
What were the 5 properties of water?
Attraction to other Polar Molecules
High specific heat
High heat of vaporization
Low density of ice
High polarity
What is ecological succession?
A series of somewhat predictable events that occur.
What step of cellular respiration does glucose split into two small molecules, small amounts of ATP are made, and no oxygen is required?
Glycolysis
What are the 7 functions of proteins?
Hormones
Structure
Defense
Transport
Digestive Enzymes
Contcratile
Storage
What is the process of endocytosis?
Where a cell engulfs materials and brings the substances into the cells cytoplasm.