Unit 1: Process of Science
A possible answer to a scientific question
What is a hypothesis?
A large molecule that makes up living things
What is a biomolecule?
The two groups/types of cells
What are prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
The way molecules move in simple and facilitated diffusion
What is high to low concentration?
Type of respiration that produces (makes) the most energy (ATP) available
What is aerobic respiration (cellular respiration)?
The answer to a scientific question
What is a claim?
A biomolecule that acts as long term energy storage
What is a lipid
4 characteristics all cells share
What is a cell membrane, ribosome, cytoplasm and DNA?
What is osmosis?
What are monomers?
A type of graph that compares averages or groups
What is a bar graph?
All of the biochemical reactions that happen in a cell
What is metabolism?
Type of cells that make up plants, animals, and fungi
What are eukaryotes?
The reactants of photosynthesis
What are carbon dioxide and water?
4 elements (atoms) found in all living things
What are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen?
Something that is intentionally changed in an experiment
What is an independent variable?
Something that speeds up a biochemical reaction by lowering activation energy
What is an enzyme?
Organelle that holds DNA
What is the nucleus?
What are carbon dioxide, water, and ATP energy
The main mechanism (way) that homeostasis is maintained
What is a negative feedback loop?
The tendency of living things to maintain a stable internal environment
What is homeostasis?
The monomer of a nucleic acid
What is a nucleotide?
Two unique characteristics of plant cells
What is a cell wall and chloroplasts?
Two factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis
What are light, temperature, and amount of CO2?
5 characteristics of all living things
What is:
1) Made of cells
2) Have a metabolism
3) Respond to simuli
4) Grow and Reproduce
5) Maintain homeostasis