Nature of Science
Evaluating Scientific Claims
Chemistry of Life
Chemistry of Life cont.
100

In science, this is when a hypothesis or group of hypotheses is supported by repeated experimental evidence and holds true

What is a scientific theory?

100

In this type of research, businesses and industries provide money to apply research to human issues and commercial applications

What is applied research?

100

Atoms held together by chemical bonds. 

What is/are molecule(s)?

100

Speed up chemical reactions. 

What is protein?
200

A group of cells that performs a unique set of tasks in the body-biological hierarchy 

What is a tissue?

200

Review articles found in peer-reviewed scientific journals are considered this type of literature source. 

What is secondary?

200

Sharing of electrons.

What is/are covalent bond(s)?

200

The chemical bond in NaCl.

What is ionic?

300

This term best describes the Amazon Rainforest, including all of the plants, animals, microorganisms, water, atmospheric conditions and soil

What is ecosystem?

300

In this type of analysis, scientists analyzed 62 studies and determined a strong physician recommendation for the HPV vaccine was a positive determining factor in whether or not parents chose to vaccinate their children.

What is meta-analysis?

300

The bonds that hold water molecules together.

What is/are hydrogen bond(s)?

300
Something that does not dissolve in water.

What is hydrophobic?

400

Developing a scientific understanding of a natural phenomenon typically begins by

(think scientific method)

What is an observation?

400

Two or more aspects of the natural world behave in an interrelated manner.

What is correlation?

400

Increase of free H+ ions. 

What is an acid?

400
This describes the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom. 

What is the atomic mass?

500

This is the basic unit of life. 

What is a cell?

500

An author of a scientific study is found to have plagiarized someone else's work. Their study will most likely be removed by the publisher. 

What is retraction/retracted?

500

Monomers of this are amino acids. 

What is protein?

500

The negatively charged subatomic particles surrounding an atom. 

What are/is electron(s)?