Biology Final Vocab and Terms

Question 0

monosaccharides

Answer 0

simple sugar molecule

Question 1

lipids

Answer 1

macromolecule made mostly from carbon and hydrogen atoms

Question 2

nucleic acids

Answer 2

macromolecules containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus

Question 3

prokaryotes

Answer 3

unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus

Question 4

eukaryotes

Answer 4

organism whose cells contain a nucleus

Question 5

nucleotide

Answer 5

subunit of which nucleic acids are composed; made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base

Question 6

law of independent assortment

Answer 6

genes for different traits can segregate independently during the formation of gametes

Question 7

covalent bond

Answer 7

the type of bond between atoms in which the electrons are shared

Question 8

ionic bond

Answer 8

a chemical bond formed when one or more electrons are transferred from one atom to another

Question 9

hydrogen bond

Answer 9

a weak attraction between a hydrogen atom and another atom

Question 10

pH scale

Answer 10

scale with values 0-14 used to measure the concentration of H+ ions in a solution; pH 0-7 is acidic; pH 7-14 is basic

Question 11

autotrophs

Answer 11

organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce it’s own food from inorganic compounds

Question 12

heterotroph

Answer 12

organism that obtains food by consuming other living things

Question 13

binary fission

Answer 13

a type of asexual reproduction in which an organism replicates it’s DNA and divides in half, producing two identical daughter cells