BIOLOGY Flashcards
BIOLOGY
STUDY OF LIFE AND LIVING THINGS
HOMEOSTASIS
INTERNAL BALANCE
ORGANIZATION
HAS A LEVEL OF ORGANIZATION FROM THE SIMPLEST TO COMPLEX STRUCTURES
REPRODUCTION
PROCESS OF CREATING NEW OFFSPRING
IRRITABILITY
ABILITY TO RESPOND TO VARIOUS STIMULI
METABOLISM
SUM OF CHEMICAL ACTIVITY OF ALL FUNCTIONS
EVOLUTION
CHANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME
GROWTH
CHANGES IN SIZE AND FORM OF AN ORGANISM AS IT MATURES
DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (DNA)
DOUBLE-HELIX SHAPED, GENETIC BLUEPRINT, THE BASIS FOR PROTEIN PRODUCTION, HAS A BASIC UNIT OF NUCLEOTIDE (COMPOSED OF A DEOXYRIBOSE SUGAR, PHOSPHATE GROUP, AND NUCLEOBASE)
RIBONUCLEIC ACID (RNA)
CONJUGATE OF A DNA CHAIN WHERE ADENINE IS PAIRED WITH URACIL INSTEAD OF THYMINE, A VERSION OF DNA USED IN PROTEIN PRODUCTION
PROTEIN
BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE, HAS A BASIC UNIT OF AMINO ACIDS (COMPOSED OF AN AMINO GROUP AND A CARBOXYL GROUP)
CARBOHYDRATES
MOLECULES IN ORGANISMS THAT CONTAIN C, H, AND O ATOMS
MONOSACCHARIDE CARBOHYDRATE
HAS ONE SUGAR UNIT (GLUCOSE, FRUCTOSE, GALACTOSE)
DISACCHARIDE CARBOHYDRATE
HAS 2 SUGAR UNITS (MALTOSE, SUCROSE, LACTOSE)
POLYSACCHARIDE CARBOHYDRATE
HAS 3 OR MORE SUGAR UNITS (STARCH, GLYCOGEN)