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Biology I Honors
Weekly Skills Quiz Information
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| in | not |
| hydro | water, liquid |
| iso | equal, same |
| an | without, lacking, deficient |
| therm | heat |
| qualitative | describes qualities ex. green liquid, large hole, sour taste, sweet smell |
| quantitative | uses numbers to measure something ex. 6 legs, 4 feet long, 7.2 grams, 100 mL |
| precision | how close your measurements are to each other think consistent or specific |
| accuracy | how close your measurement is to the correct/accepted value think correct |
| observation | description of something you can see, smell, touch, taste, hear not an opinion |
| inference | a guess about an object or outcome based on your observation |
| matter | anything that has mass and occupies space |
| atom | smallest unit of matter |
| element | a substance made up of one kind of atom |
| isotopes | An element with the same number of protons, but different number of neutrons. |
| ad | to, toward |
| phobic | dislike, fear |
| di | two |
| co | together, jointly, mutual |
| phil | loving, fond of |
| mono | one |
| poly | many, several |
| macro | large |
| protons | positively charged high energy particles |
| neutrons | high energy particles that do not have a charge |
| electrons | negatively charged high energy particles with little or no mass |
| compound | two or more elements bonded together |
| molecule | two or more atoms covalently bonded together |
| covalent bond | formed when two atoms share one or more pairs of electrons |
| ionic bond | formed when one or more electrons are transferred |
| hydrogen bond | very weak bonds formed between polar molecules |
| polar molecules | molecules that have an unequal distribution of charges polar molecules dissolve in water |
| nonpolar molecules | molecules that do not have a seperation of charge nonpolar molecules do not dissolve in water |
| cohesion | occurs when the same kind of molecules stick together |
| adhesion | occurs when two or more different molecules stick together |
| solute | what is dissolved in a solution |
| solvent | what does the dissolving in a solution |
| solution | uniform mixture of two or more substances |
| hydrophobic substance | a substance that that does not have an affinity for water does not dissolve in water |
| hydrophilic substance | a substance that does have an affinity for water dissolves in water |
| monomers | small basic units that make up polymers |
| polymers | complex structures made of monomers |
| macromolecules | large organic molecules that are made up of polymers and used for various functions in living things |
| carbohydrates | main purpose/function is to create energy |
| lipid | main function/purpose is to store long term energy |
| phospholipids | make up cell membranes |
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