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| The "why" statement--a possible explanation (process) for a certain measurable observation. |
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| Something that the researcher noticed. |
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| Going from specific to general. |
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| Going from general to specific. |
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| The expected product/observation. |
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| An idea someone has. Tends not to be heavily based on evidence/fact. |
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| A test made to try the hypothesis. |
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| Hard evidence gathered from experimentation. |
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| A heavily supported hypothesis. |
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| An inference heavily based on fact. |
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| Peer reviewed journals, based on experiments, etc. Heavily critiqued and proved. |
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| Magazinese, news, anything in the media. The "dummed down" version. |
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| Opinions. Not very creditable. |
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| Sum of all chemical and physical reactions that use or produce energy within the body. |
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| A steady state the body works to maintain. |
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| Something that dissolves within in a solvent. |
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| A solution that something is dissolved within. |
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| Any starting material in a chemical reaction. |
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| The modified chemical that results from a chemical or enzymatic reaction. |
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| Positively charged subatomic particle. |
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| Negatively charged subatomic particle. |
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| Neutral subatomic particle. |
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| A substance that cannot be broken down into any other substance. |
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| Sum number of protons and neutrons within an atom. |
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| A molecule with regions of different charges; capable of ionizing. |
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| Won't dissolve in water, is hydrophobic. |
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Movement, metabolism, reproduction, growth, DNA, comprized of cells, response to stimuli.
Addition three: maintains homeostasis, has a common set of biological molecules, and evolves. |
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| Major solvent due to its polar nature (hydrogen bonds). Is very cohesive, which allows for many important things. |
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| Measurement of hydrogen ion concentration. |
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| A substance that reduces the concentration of hydrogen ions within a solution. Is indicated by a numbers lower than 7. |
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| A substance that increases the concentation of hydrogen ions in a solution. Indicated by numbers higher than 7. |
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| Chemistry of carbon-containing substances. |
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| All lifeforms are carbon based. Basic building block of life. |
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| Weakest. The negative O2 molecule attracts the electrons in the positively charged hydrogen molecules. |
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| Second weakest bond. A transfer of electrons occur between two molecules. |
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| Strongest bonds. They share electrons. |
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| Macromolecules/Macronutrients |
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| Carbs, lipids, nucleic acids, proteins. Our body needs these in large amounts. |
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| Micronutrients/Micromolecules |
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| Needed in a small amount--vitamins, minerals. Potassium, Vitamin C, etc. |
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| The Building Block of molecules of a carb, protein and fat is: |
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| A doube sugar consisting of two monosaccharides joined together by a glycosidic linkage.(sucrose). |
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| Simple sugar (glucose), ex. fructos corn syrup |
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| Complex sugar such as starch or fiber (cellulose). It is hard for the body to digest = good sugar |
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| Amino acids. They make up enzymes that help catalyze the body's chemical reactions. |
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| Fats, steriods, phospholipids. |
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| hydrophillic phosphate head and two hydrophobic fatty acid tails. Forms a perfect phospholipid bilayer for cell membranes. |
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| Sugars, phosphates, and nitrogenous bases. |
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| The four kinds of Nitrogenous bases in DNA are: |
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| Adenine, guanine (which are purines), Thymine, and Cytosine (which are pyrimidines). |
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| How do nitrogenous bases connect? |
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A with T,
G with C.
Always |
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