bioligy 2
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- 6 characeristics of life
- -reproducing -cell organization -mellucular and cellular -homeostasis -growth
- what is the purpose of hypothesizing
- to explain their observations and data
- why would a scientist make a prediction
- to test a hypothisis
- why is analysis of data used by scientists
- to tell if they suport the hypothisis or preiction
- how does a catalyst affect a reaction
- reduce the amount of activation energy
- a mixture when one or more substances are equally distributed in another substance
- solution
- substance disolved in a solution
- solute
- substance in which solute is dissolved
- solven
- what is a hydrogen bond
- type of attraction that holds two water molecules together
- the property of water
- capillarity
- attraction of like substances
- cohesion
- attraction of unlike substances
- adhesion
- clusters of atoms in organic compounds
- functional group
- in carbon compounds molecules are built up from smaller simpler molecules
- polymers
- 4 types of organic compound
- -carbohydrates -lipids -proteins -nucleic acids
- how are monosaccharides different from disaccharides and polysaccharides
- monosaccharides- 1 disaccharides- 2 polysaccharides-3
- 3 kinds of lipids
- -fatty acids -complex lipids -steriods
- what cell organelle is composed mostly of lipids
- phospholipid bylayer and cell membrane
- what is the importance of nucleic acids to living things
- store important information in the cell
- name 2 kinds of nucleic acids
- DNA and RNA
- in carbon compounds the molecules are built up from smaller simpler molecules
- monomers
- large polymers
- macromolecules
- a test of variables using a comparison of a control group with an experimental group
- controlled experiment
- an experimentally manipulated variable
- independent variable
- the responding varible in an experiment
- depenent varible