Macromolecules
What macromolecule has the following function: "stores hereditary information in the form of DNA and RNA."
Nucleic Acids
Fats, oils, waxes and cholesterol are examples of which macromolecule?
Lipids
What is the smallest unit of matter/the basic building block of all elements?
Atom
Who produced the first compound microscope, which allowed scientists to see things previously too small to see?
Hans & Zacharias Janssen
Starches and sugars are examples of which macromolecule?
Carbohydrates
What macromolecule has the following function: "immediate and primary energy source of all living things."
Carbohydrates
What are the monomers of a protein?
Amino acids
Multiple atoms bonded together form a...?
Molecule
Who was the first to call the spaces in a cork "cells?"
Robert Hooke
What are the monomers of lipids?
Fatty acids
What macromolecule has the following function: "long-term, stored energy source, insulation, and water-proof coverings."
Lipids
What are the monomers of carbohydrates?
Name the four macromolecules we have learned about.
Proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids.
Which two scientists discovered that plants and animals are made of cells?
Theodore Schwann and Matthias Schleiden
Explain the difference between BIOTIC and ABIOTIC.
Abiotic: not living, never was or will be alive.
What does the prefix "macro" mean?
"large"
What are the monomers of nucleic acids?
Nucleotides
Define and given an example: organelle.
small part of a cell with a specific job/function
examples: chloroplast, nucleus, mitochondria
Who stated that living cells must come from other cells?
Rudolph Virchow
Define: reproduction
the process by which living things create new individuals of their own kind
What macromolecule has the following function: "control many chemical reactions and processes that take place in living things as well as act as the building supples."
Proteins
DNA and RNA contain which macromolecule?
Nucleic acids
What the smallest unit of life?
Cell
Name the 3 parts of the cell theory:
1. All living organisms are composted of one or more cells.
2. The cell is the basic unit of life.
3. All cells are produced from other cells.
What does MRS C GREN stand for?
Movement, Respiration, Stimuli, Cells, Growth, Reproduction, Elimination of Wastes, Nutrition