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Biology Ch 1 and 2
Biology vocabulary Ch 1 and 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| independent variable | the variable deliberatly changed. |
| dependent variable | the variable kept the same throughout the whole process. |
| constant | . |
| control | the group everything is compared to. |
| ionic bonds | atoms/molecules gain or lose electrons. |
| covelant bonds | two or more atoms share electrons. |
| atom | the smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element. |
| molecule | the smallest unit of a substance that keeps all of the physical and chemical properties of the substance. |
| compound | a substance made of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical means. |
| element | a substance that cannot be seperated or broken down into simpler substances by chemical means. |
| electron | negative, around the nucleus. |
| neutron | neutral, around nucleus. |
| proton | positive, around nucleus. |
| carb | Lugol's Iodine, Benedict's, simple sugars, provide us with energy, bread pasta. |
| protein | Biuret's, amino acid, catalysts transport movement protection immune growth, meat eggs. |
| lipid | Sudan III, fatty acids and glycerol, energy storage and cell structure, oils butter. |
| nucleic acid | nucleotides, direct all cell processes, DNA RNA. |
| acids | pH of 0-7. |
| bases | pH of 7-14. |
| organic molecules | macromolecule and biomolecule. A large molecule made up of many smaller molecules. |
| Enzymes | enzymes are catalysts, which are substances that reduce the activation energy of a chemical reaction. |
| enzyme: substrate: | toothpick-ase:toothpick. |