Characteristics of Life
Scientific Method
Chemistry for Biology
Biomolecules
100

All living things are made up of 1 or more

Cells

100

Something that can change

Variable

100

All matter including living things are made up of 

Atoms 

100

Carbohydrate subunit

monosaccharide 

200

Light, food, temperature change, sound, moisture

Stimuli 

200

What does your data mean?

Analyze

200

Scared of water/ Water fearing

Hydrophobic

200

Our cell membranes are mostly made of 

phospholipids 

300

To use energy to fuel chemical reactions

Metabolism

300

An educated guess based on your research

hypothesis 

300

Heat energy can be invested into water without increasing the temparature

High specific heat

300

The complimentary pair for adenine 

Thymine 

400

All living things change over time

Growth and Development 

400

A trial that is run alongside your experiment where you expect the opposite of your hypothesis 

Negative Control

400

Water molecules at the surface are held more tightly together compared to water molecules under the surface. 

Surface Tension 

400

Subunit for a protein

Amino Acids

500

Internal Balance

Homeostasis 


500

The variable that is being measured in the experiment

Dependent variable
500

The attraction between a hydrogen atom (that is bonded to an oxygen or nitrogen) to an oxygen or nitrogen 

Hydrogen bond

500

Over reaction of immune system to something that is not harmful

allergies