Intro to Biology
The study of life or living things is called...
Biology
Which subatomic particle is responsible for determining how the atom with interact with other atoms?
Electrons
What is the direction of increasing electronegativity on the Periodic Table?
Right and up
What is the monomer of a protein?
Amino acid
What are the 3 domains of life?
Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya
Every dog I have met is brown, therefore all dogs are brown.
Deductive or Inductive?
Inductive
The entropy of the universe is always increasing. Every energy transfer loses some energy as heat. These statements describe what?
2nd Law of Thermodynamics
The cohesive and adhesive properties of water are due to which type of bonding?
Hydrogen bonding
The energy of ATP is stored within the high-energy ___________
Phosphate groups
What is the function of ribosomes?
Site of protein synthesis
What is the main qualification for a hypothesis?
Must be testable
The majority of Carbon atoms have a mass of 12g/mol. Few have a mass of 13g/mol. What is the relationship between Carbon and Carbon-13?
A strong acid, such as battery acid, has a high concentration of what ion?
H+
What process can seperate a sucrose molecule into glucose and fructose?
Hydrolysis (splitting with water)
The semi-liquid fluid in which any organelles or cellular molecules sit in is called the...
Cytosol
What doing an experiment, a group where the variable is NOT altered for the sake of comparison is called the _________ group
Control group
What is the atomic mass of Magnesium?
(12 p+, 12 n0, 12 e-,)
~24g/mol
NaCl, CaCO3, and LiI are all strong attractions between a metal and non-metal. These are all example of which bond?
Ionic bond
Molecules with the same chemical formula but different covalent arrangments of atoms are called...
Structural isomers
Where is the single, circular chromosome stored in prokaryotes?
Cytoplasm or nucloid
An individual nerve cell can only tranfer electrical signals, however millions of nerve cells working together make up the nervous system.
Nerve cells are an example of...
Emergent properties
Calcium is in the 2nd row on the Periodic Table. How many electrons must it gain/lose to ionize?
Ammonia (NH3) consists of one N bonded to three H. What type of chemical bond is between N-H?
Polar covalent bond
What two functional groups are required in all amino acids
Amino group and Carboxylic acid
What structure is found in ALL cells, and acts as a barrier to distinguish the inside and outside of the cell?
Plasma membrane