Scuentific Method Flashcards

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Independent variable

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A variable that is intentionally changed to observe its effect on the dependent variable

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Dependent variable

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The event studied that is expected to change when the u dependent variable is changed.

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Carbs

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Group of organic compounds including sugars, starches, cellulose, and gums

String of simple sugars
Provide you with most of your energy

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Monosaccharide

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A simple sugar and simplest carbohydrate

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Polysaccharide

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Carbohydrate whose molecules consist of a number of sugar molecules bonded together.

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Lipid

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Only bio molecule not made of monomers

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Nucleic acid

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Building blocks of living organisms. DNa and rRNA are types of nucleic acids. All the nucleic acids acids work together to help cells replicate and build proteins.

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Nucleotides

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Monomer=building blocks. Of nucleic acids.

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Monomer

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Molecule that forms the Vadim unit for polymers. Monomers bind to other monomers to form a repeating chain molecule.

Smaller units

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Polymers

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Many monomers joined together.

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Protein

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A molecule composed of polymers of amino acids joined together by peptide bonds. It contains nitrogen

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Amino acid

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Used in every cell of your body to build proteins you need to survive.

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Monomer

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A molecule that can be bonded to other identical molecules to form a polymer

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Polymer

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A substance that has a molecular structure consisting chiefly or entirely of similar units bonded together

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Reactant

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Substance that takes part in and undergoes change during a reaction

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Product

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A quantity obtained by multiplying quantities together or from an analogous algebraic operation

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Catalyst

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Substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change

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Enzyme

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Substance produced by a living organism that acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction

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Substrate

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A substance layer that underlies something or on which some process occurs

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Hypothesis

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In science, a proposition set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, asserted as conjecture (working hypothesis) or highly probable.

Prediction