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| What characteristics makes something a "living thing"? |
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Cells
Organization
Energy/Metabolism
Growth
Development
Reproduction
Display Heredity
Maintain Homeostasis
Response to their environment
Evolve and Adapt |
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| The group in which you do not know what will happen |
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| The group in which you know what will happen |
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| Dependent Variable (Where would you put it on a graph) |
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Definition
The thing you are counting
Y Axis |
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| Independent Variable (Where would you put it on a graph) |
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Definition
What you change between the control and experimental groups
X Axis |
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| A particle having partial positive and partial negative charges |
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| The amount of energy required to heat an object |
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| Three types of organic molecules (Nutrient) |
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Definition
| Proteins, Carbs, and Lipids |
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Proteins
Subunit
Function
Elements always present |
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Definition
Amino Acid
Cellular machines, engines, & buildings
Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen Nitrogen |
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Carbs
Subunit
Function
Elements always present |
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Monosaccharides or Sugars
Short-term energy storage
Hydrogen, Carbon and Oxygen |
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Lipids
Subunit
Function
Elements always present |
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Definition
fatty acids and glycerol
Stores Energy & Keeps animals warm and repel water
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen |
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| What is a dehydration synthesis (condensation) reaction? |
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| What is a hydrolysis reaction? |
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Definition
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| List several characteristics of enzymes |
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Definition
| Proteins, large, have active site, catalysts, denature at certain PHs |
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| How do you name an enzyme? |
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Definition
Take off ending and add -ase
Example
Sucrose=Sucrase |
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| How do organelles exhibit "division of labor" |
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Definition
| Organelles in cells have different jobs |
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| Four structural differences between plant and animal cells |
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Definition
| Cell wall, centriole, central vacuole, chloroplasts |
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| What is meant by cell specialization? |
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| Different cells have different functions |
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