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Biology | The study of living things.
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Abiotic | Nonliving factors in an environment.
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Biotic | Living factors in an environment.
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Independent Variable | What is being tested; the variable that is manipulated.
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Dependent Variable | The responding variable; responds to the changes made to the independent
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Contant | Stays the same throughout the experiment.
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Control Group | The group that acts as the standard for comparison. The “normal” group.
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pH | Measurement of how acidic of basic a solution is.
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Acidic | Has a pH below 7
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Basic | Has a pH above 7
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Neutral | Has a pH of 7 (pure water)
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Organic Molecules | Have the element Carbon in them.
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Inorganic Molecules | Do not have the element Carbon in them.
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Carbohydrates | Also known as saccharides. Main source of energy (short term). Subunits: monosaccharides.
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Cellulose | Complex carbohydrate found in within the cell walls of plants. Used for structural purposes.
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Glycogen | Carbohydrate found in animal cell muscles and liver. Used for energy storage. (short term)
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Lipds | Used for long term energy storage, some structure, insulation. Found in cell membrane. No real subunits, but made of glycerol and fatty acids.
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Proteins | Used for everything. Subunit: Amino Acids.
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Metabolism | The sum of all chemical reactions in an organism.
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Catabolism | Breaking down of molecules.
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Anabolism | Building up of molecules.
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Enyzme | Protein that speeds of chemical reactions by lowering the amount of energy (activation energy) required for the reaction to take place.
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Catalyst | Another name for enzyme.
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Substrate | Molecule that enzymes work on
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Products | What the enzyme helps produce in the reaction
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Active Site | Part of the enzyme the substrate molecule fits in to.
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Denature | Changing the shape of a protein (enzyme), mostly by temperature or pH.
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Amino Acids | Building blocks of proteins
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Nucleic Acids | Transmit hereditary and genetic information. Subunits: Nucleotides
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Universal Solvent | Water. It is said to be a universal solvent because it dissolves more substances than anything else.
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Solvent | A substance that dissolves other things.
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Solute | A substance that is dissolved.
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Solution | Mixture of both a solvent and a solute.
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Bi | Two
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Bio | Life
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Co | With, together
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Di | Two
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Homeo | Same
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Logy | Study of
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Tri | Three
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Uni | One, single
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Amyl | Starch
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Ana | Up
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Ase | Enzyme
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Cata | Down
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Gluc | Sugar
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Gylc | Sugar
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Hydr | Water
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Iso | Same
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Lip | Fat
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Lysis | Break down
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Macro | Large
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Mono | One
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Ose | Sugar
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Poly | Many
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Sacchr | Sugar
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Syn | With, together
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