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Bio. Exam Terms
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Scientific method | the steps you take when performing an experiment |
| Metric prefixes | kilo, hecto,deca,deci,centi,milli |
| livings things | made up of more than one cell, can reproduce, responds to their environment, can grow and develop, obtain and use energy |
| stimulus | the resonse to an environment |
| anabolism | putting together complex substances from simpler substances |
| catabolism | final breakdown of complex substances into simpler ones |
| metabolism | the balance of anabolism and catabolism |
| organic | contains carbon |
| inorganic | does not contain carbon |
| atom | indivisible particles |
| compound | two or more atoms |
| solute | what is being dissolved |
| solvent | what is doing the dissolving |
| monosaccharide | most simple sugar |
| disaccharide | double sugar |
| dehydration synthesis | the process of making a double sugar |
| hydrolisis | the process of breaking down a double sugar |
| carboxyl group | compound found on the end of a fatty acid chain |
| amino acid | monomer of a protein |
| nucleotide | monomer of a nucleic acid |