Ooga Booga Christmas exam Flashcards
Exercising wise dominion over all creation
Creation mandate
Father of microscopy
Anton von Leeuwenhoek
Recorded information from an experiment or survey is called
Data
What is the first thing you do using the scientific method
Define the problem
A microscope with one lense
Simple microscope
A microscope with 2 sets of lenses that allows light to pass through
Compound light microscope
Backbone of the microscope, supports the body tube
Arm
What is the large knob on each side of the microscope that moves the body tube and quickly focuses on the specimen
Coarse adjustment knob
One of the lenses on a revolving nose piece so the magnification of the specimen can be varied is called
An objective
Small knobs that produce a sharp focus are called
Fine adjustment knobs
Fastenings that hold the slide in place are called
Stage clips
If the eye piece has a magnification of 10X and the objective has a magnification of 50X, what is the total power of magnification
500X
What is the magnification power of the eyepiece on our microscope
10X
What is the only difference between the control group and the experimental group
The independent variable
What is the control group used for
Comparison
In which group do you find the independent variable
The experimental group
What is the study of life
Biology
What is an educated guess
A hypothesis
Define semipermeable
Only certain substances can pass through
Define permeable
Anything can go through
The net movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
Diffusion
Diffusion will continue until what point
Equilibrium
Diffusion of water through a semipermeable membrane
Osmosis
An atom having a negative or positive charge
Ion
What are the subatomic particles found in the nucleus
Protons and neutrons
Anything that occupies space and has mass is called
Matter
A substance composed of two or more elements chemically combined
A compound
Change that altars appearance or form ex( chopping wood , freezing water)
Physical change
A change in substance ex( burning wood, baking)
Chemical change
A pure substance that cannot be further broken down into simpler substances by chemical means
An element
What are the four most common elements in living organisms
Carbon hydrogen oxygen and nitrogen
What are the three particles that make up an atom
Protons, neutrons, and electrons
The space surrounding the nucleus of an atom contains
Electrons
What best describes the atomic number of an atom
The number of protons
Atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons
An isotope
When atoms share electrons, what type of bonding is this?
Covalent bonding
What type of electron is available to form bonds
Valence
A homogeneous mixture of one or more substances within a substance
A solution
A mixture that is the same throughout
Homogeneous
What is the universal solvent
Water
Two agents of a solution
Solute and solvent
The tendency of molecules of the same kind to stick together is called
Cohesion
A reaction that absorbs heat energy
Endothermic reaction
A reaction that releases heat energy
Exothermic reaction
An enzyme that alters the speed of a reaction
Catalyst
Phospholipids are distinguishable from other lipids by the presence of a
Phosphate group
What is a solution that has an excess of hydrogen ions
Acid
A substance with a Ph between 1-6.9 is called an
An acid
A substance with a Ph between 7.1-14 is considered to be a
Base
What is the Ph of a neutral substance
7
What is the first law of thermodynamics
Energy cannot be created not destroyed
What is the ability to do work
Energy
The energy associated with motion is called
Kinetic energy
Amount of energy required to start a reaction
Activation energy
Smallest unit of an element
Atom
What makes up a nucleotide
A sugar a phosphate and a base
Substance that consists of 4 fused rings plus a side chains of carbons(chemical messengers of the body)
Steroid
What is the hereditary material that living things consist of
Nucleic acids( dna and rna)
What are the monomers of DNA and RNA
Nucleotides
What sugar does RNA contain that is different from DNA
Ribose
What are the basic building blocks of a protein
Amino acids
Saturated fatty acids will be in what form at room temperature
Solid
Lipids will be in what form at room temperature
Liquid
What accounts for the strength of plant cells
Cellulose
Two sugars combine to form a disaccharide by what process
Dehydration synthesis
The basic unit of carbohydrates
Monosaccharides
List two examples of monosaccharides
Glucose and fructose
All organic compounds contain
Carbon