Biology Basics
What is deliberately changed or manipulated in an investigation
What is the independent variable?
The organelle that is the "powerhouse of the cell"
What is the mitochondria?
The amount of energy needed to make a chemical reaction start.
What is activation energy?
Autotroph; gets energy from nonliving sources like the sun
What is a producer?
What is the mitochondria?
Standard/”normal” group used for comparison
What is the control group?
Composed of many cells
What is multicellular?
All of the chemical reactions within each cell of an organism.
What is metabolism?
A collection of multiple food chains
What is a food web?
The molecules that photosynthesis makes (the products)
What are oxygen and glucose?
Describes qualities using the senses
What is qualitative?
Cells are the most _____ unit of life
What is basic?
An energy-carrying molecule that carries/stores energy for cell functions; the main energy currency for the cell
What is ATP?
Organisms at the second trophic level
What are primary consumers?
The overall process by which glucose is chemically converted into usable chemical energy in the form of ATP.
What is cellular respiration?
A study of the natural world based in experimentation and thus, supported by evidence
What is science?
The organelle inside of plant cells that is used for storage
What is the large, central vacuole?
When an enzyme’s active site loses its specific shape, causing a loss in biological activity
What is denaturation?
The amount of energy passed between trophic levels
What is 10%?
The Calvin Cycle (the dark reactions) occur here
What is the stroma?
A statement based on repeated experimental observation that describes an aspect of the world
What is a principal?
Critical points where “stop” and “go” signals regulate if the cycle will proceed that happen during cellular division.
What are checkpoints?
What the acronym ATP stands for
What is Adenosine Triphosphate?
Type of consumer that gets energy/nutrients from dead matter
What are decomposers/detritivores?
The chemical equation for cellular respiration.
What is C6H12O2 + 6O2 = 6CO2 + 6H2O?