Biology Vocabulary

Macromolecules

100

Monomer is Amino Acids

Proteins

200

These are a type of protein that speed up a reaction by lowering activation energy

Enzymes

300

Monomer of nucleic acids

nucleotides

400

Both of these molecules are composed of Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen

Carbohydrates and Lipids

500

3 Factors that Affect enzyme Reaction Rates

Temperature, pH, Concentration of Enzyme

Types of Cells

100

These types of cells do not have a nucleus

Prokaryote

200

These cells have membrane bound organelles

Eukaryotes

300

this organelle is in both plant and animal cells and provide energy to the cells

mitochondria

400

Chloroplast help the plant cell do what?

Photosynthesis

500

Two differences between a plant and animal cell

Plants: large central vacuole

Chloroplasts, have cell wall and a cell membrane, can photosynthesize.

Ecosystems

100

The amount of energy lost during every trophic level

10%

200

Rocks, water, wind, rain, humidity are examples of what?

abiotic factors

300

What is the difference between primary and secondary succession? 

Primary: no previous life, soil
Secondary: previous life, soil

400

phytoplankton (plant) > zooplankton > bluegill > bowfin

What role in the ecosystem is the bluegill considered?

secondary consumer

500

This type of population growth occurs when there is enough resources to sustain populations forever

logistic

The Study of Life

100

What does biology mean?

The Study of Living Things (Life)

200

 Which is a possible explanation of an observation, which could be experimentally tested?

Hypothesis

300

 When scientists design a controlled experiment, only one variable can change at a time, what is it called?

Independent Variable 

400

The reaction to a stimulus is called a…

Response

500

Which process allows for an organism’s systems to remain in balance?

Homeostasis

Scientific Method

100

This variable is what I am measuring

Dependent Variable

200

This variable is what I change in the experiment

Independent Variable

300

To make an experiment more reliable and have concrete results I have to have these types of variables to make sure I am only testing 1 independent variable

Constants

400

• A student wanted to test how the mass of a paper airplane affected the distance it would fly. Paper clips were added before each test flight. 

What are some things we can keep constant?

type of paper used, type of paper clips, person throwing the paper plane

500

• Ms. Rodriguez notices that her shower is covered in a strange green slime. Her friend Ms. Arroyo tells her that coconut juice will get rid of the green slime. Ms. Rodriguez decides to spray half the shower with coconut juice and the other half with water. After 3 days there was no change in the green slime on either side of the shower. 

What is the control group?

The water