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PrepBioMurderhouse
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the source of energy for every living thing? | the sun |
| what do you call the energy that gets a chemical reaction started? | activation energy |
| If a reaction requires an imput energy, what could you deduce about the reverse reaction? | the giving off of energy |
| what is the positive charged in a atom? | proton |
| what is the neutral charged partical in a atom? | neutron |
| what is the negative chaged partical in an atom? | eloectron |
| what organic compound is the main source of energy for living things? | glucose |
| what is a catalyst? | it is something that speeds up reaction |
| what is the difference between an idea and a hypothesis? | hypothesis you can test |
| Biology is the study of what? | living things |
| basic unit of life? | cells |
| smallest unit of matter? | atom |
| what are tiny particles of light called? | photon |
| what does the mitochondria do? | transforms energy into energy the cell can use |
| what is the job of the cell wall? | to keep the plant cell well shaped and rigid |
| what is osmosis? | difussion of water from high to low concentration |
| organisms that make their own food? | producers |
| what is a heterotroph? | get energy from other organisms |
| what does the ribosome do? | creates protein |
| what does the nucleus do? | stores genetic code |