4956099259 | Control | Baseline of information to compare your data to | 0 | |
4956099260 | Procedure | Steps for completing an experiment | 1 | |
4956099261 | Materials | Supplies needed for experiment | 2 | |
4956100307 | Variable | The part of the experiment that is changed | 3 | |
4956119211 | CHNOPS | acronym to remember 6 elements of life | 4 | |
4956119212 | Carbon | Organic; considered the "backbone" of life | 5 | |
4956119213 | Water | Life-sustaining compound | 6 | |
4956119214 | Polar | Having unequal distribution of charges | 7 | |
4956120492 | Hydrogen Bonds | Attractive forces that hold together water molecules | 8 | |
4956120493 | Atom | Smallest part of an element | 9 | |
4956120494 | Electrons | Negatively charged particles | 10 | |
4956121713 | Cohesion | When water sticks to water | 11 | |
4956121714 | Adhesion | When water sticks to something else | 12 | |
4956121715 | Universal Solvent | The ability to dissolve any substance (ex. water) | 13 | |
4956122866 | Biomolecules | The molecules of life: carbs, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids | 14 | |
4956122867 | Protein | type of biomolecule, provide structure to the body, made of amino acids | 15 | |
4956122868 | Lipid | type of biomolecule, provide long-term energy, made of fatty acids | 16 | |
4956122869 | Carbohydrates | type of biomolecule, provide short-term energy, sugar, made of monosaccharides | 17 | |
4956124764 | Nucleic Acids | type of biomolecule, store genetic information, DNA/RNA, made of nucleotides | 18 | |
4956125801 | DNA | example of Nucleic Acid, has bases A, T, C, G | 19 | |
4956125802 | RNA | example of Nucleic Acid, has bases A, U, C, G | 20 | |
4956128771 | Enzyme | type of protein that speeds up chemical reactions | 21 | |
4956128772 | Amino Acids | monomer (building block) of protein | 22 | |
4956128773 | Polypeptide | polymer of protein | 23 | |
4956130426 | Hydrophilic | loves water | 24 | |
4956130427 | Hydrophobic | afraid of water | 25 | |
4956130428 | Fats | Example of lipid | 26 | |
4956130429 | Insulation | Function of lipids | 27 | |
4956131737 | Protection | Function of Lipids | 28 | |
4956131738 | Quick energy | Function of carbs | 29 | |
4956132986 | Long-term energy | Function of lipids | 30 | |
4956134025 | Store genetic information | Function of nucleic acids | 31 | |
4956134026 | Structure | Function of proteins | 32 | |
4956135691 | Glucose | Main type of sugar | 33 | |
4956135692 | A-S-E | Enzymes end in these 3 letters | 34 | |
4956135693 | O-S-E | Sugars end in these 3 letters | 35 | |
4956135694 | O-L | Alcohols end in these 3 letters | 36 | |
4956135695 | Saccharide | Latin word for sugar | 37 | |
4956137149 | Monosaccharide | single sugar (monomer of carbs) | 38 | |
4956137150 | Polysaccharide | polymer of carbs | 39 | |
4956137151 | Starch | complex carb, found in bread | 40 | |
4956138342 | Nucleotides | monomers of nucleic acids | 41 | |
4956139649 | A, T, C, G | bases of DNA | 42 |
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