Characteristics of Life
Scientific Method
Bacteria and Viruses
Health Disparities
Macromolecules
100
A one-celled building block of life!
What is a unicellular cell?
100
A process that studies nature
What is science?
100
No nucleus, cell walls, and is single celled.
What is a prokaryote?
100
HIV
What is human immunodeficiency virus?
100
The cell membrane mostly made of this.
What is lipids and proteins?
200
When you eat and have to go poo poo.
What is consume energy and produce waste?
200
Six steps of the scientific method.
What is observation, ask a question, hypothesis, experiment, record data, and conclusion?
200
An asexual form of reproduction involving splitting into two copies.
What is binary fission?
200
Spread through the bite of the Aedes mosquito.
What is the Zika virus?
200
This macromolecule does not dissolve easily in water.
What is lipids?
300
All living things exhibit these seven characteristics of life.
What is an organism?
300
Changes in response to the independent variable.
What is the independent variable?
300
Round, rod, and spiral shaped
What is cocci, bacilli, and spirilla?
300
Prevent an STI infection
What is abstinence, condom use, not sharing needles, and getting tested often?
300
Monosaccharides and amino acids
What is the monomer of carbohydrates and proteins?
400
Two ways that life can be reproduced
What is sexual and asexual reproduction?
400
You must keep all conditions the same except for one variable.
What is an experiment?
400
In unfavorable conditions, this forms a hard cover until conditions are just right.
What is an endospore?
400
Once contracted, the ebola virus can cause death within one week.
What is the lytic cycle?
400
Vegetarians eat beans in order to get this macromolecule in their bodies.
What is proteins?
500
Maintains balance in the cell and the body
What is homeostasis?
500
After applying Scum Killer to one side of the shower, Bart Simpson notices one hour later that the side with Scum Killer has less green slime on it, while the side without Scum Killer has the same amount of slime.
What is record data?
500
Virus injects into the cell, synthesizes with the cell's DNA, and reproduces with each time the cell reproduces.
What is the lysogenic cycle?
500
A majority of African Americans and Asians are unable to digest lactose, a sugar found in milk, while many European Americans have evolved to have the enzymes to do so.
What is lactase?
500
An example of this monomer is DNA and RNA.
What is nucleotide?