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Bio Exam
Term | Definition |
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molecules that dissolve in water are called | hydrophilic |
what is the monomer for protein | amino acid |
definition of solute | substance that can be dissolved by a solvent |
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek discovery | discovered living cells |
the small building blocks of larger molecules are called | polymers |
a covalent bond substance is formed by | hydrogen |
what are saturated fats | fatty acid chains have one single bond |
what are unsaturated fats | there is one or more double bond in the fatty acid chain |
COOH | carboxyl/acid group |
what is an example of chemical reaction and which side is the reactant and which is the product | reactants- left products- right |
what is the monomer for lipids | glycerol and fatty acids |
the twenty amino acids differ from each other in their | side chain |
What is the dotted line represent between water molecules? | hydrogen bonds |
definition of solvent | able to dissolve other substances |
the diffusion of water through selectively permeable membrane | osmosis |
a cell having higher concentration of water in it its cytoplasm | hypertonic |
chloroplast | absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis |
Hypothesis | theory or guess |
the series of changes that an organism undergoes during its lifetime | development |
light microscope with more than one lens is called | compound light microscopes |
The view that knowledge can be gathered through careful observation and or measurement | Empiricism |
what is science | study of nature |
scientific method | Observe (5 senses) Hypothesis (if/then) expirement(list procedures/materials/variables) data(quantitative/qualitative) analyze (conclusion) |
Variables in experiment | independent, dependent observed, constant, control |
data in experiments | quantitative and qualitative |
Objective versus subjective science | Objective knowledge- factual subjective - basic knowledge that you know |
Scientific law vs theory | (scientific law)- tested numerous times and "proven to be true" (Theory)-a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained. |
biology | study of living things |
list from least to greatest | Cells, tissue, organs, organ,system, organism |
8 characteristics of life | cells homeostasis reproduction stimuli heredity evolution growth/development energy/ metabolism |
micro-technique | prepare micro-objects for studying |
organic molecules are different from inorganic molecules because | organic molecules contain carbon |
what molecule is used for immediate energy in the body | carbohydrate |
what is the ratio of the molecule formula of a carbohydrate | 1:2:1 |
What is the process called in which scientists check one another's work before publication | peer review |
Independent variable | changed or controlled in an experiment |
dependent variable | the outcome variable |
what is the main source of food energy | carbohydrates |
what is the smallest unit of an element | atom |
what is the smallest unit of life | cell |
what are the functions of lipids | storage energy |
carbohydrate suffix | hydrate (ose) |
P04 | phosphate group |
OH | hydroxyl/alcohol group |
NH2 | amine group |
what is the monomer for carbohydrate | saccharide |
what is the monomer for nucleic acid | nucleotide |
in a chemical reaction, a substance binds to an enzyme in a region called | enzyme's substrate |
this attraction of water molecules to one another is the result of | the hydrogen bond |
definition of solution | homogeneous mixture of two or more substances |
definition of suspension | heterogeneous mixture that contains solid particles sufficiently large |
microscopes | light ( compund) electron ( TEM transmission electron) |
rudolph virchow discovered | cells |
louis Pasteur discovered | new cells are produced from existing ones |
Matthias Schleiden discovered | all plants are made of cells |
Theodore Schwan discovered | all animals are made of cells |
Robert Hooke created | the term "cell" |
the steady state between a cell and its environment | homeostasis |
what is the cell membrane made up of | phospholipids |
Powerhouse of the cell | mitochondria |
the easier way for a cell to move materials into and out of cell | diffusion |
a cell having less concentration of water in it its cytoplasm | hypotonic |
a cell having equal concentration of water in it its cytoplsm | isotonic |
passive transport | the movement of substances across a cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell |
cells that have nucleus and membrane bound organelle | eukaryote |
vacuole | stores materials |
golgi apparatus | modifies, sorts, packages proteins |
ribosome | makes proteins |
ATP | main energy source for proteins |
inference | using what you know to draw a conclusion |
observation | direct method of gathering |
RNA | cells that carries information from the cell to the cytoplasm. |
DNA | tells cell what proteins to make |
carnivore | eats animals |
herbivore | eats plants |
omnivore | eats plants and animals |
stimulus | a signal to which an organism reacts |
response | An action or change in behavior that occurs as a result of a stimulus. |
cilia and flagella | move the cell or substances around it |