Unit 1 Test Flashcards
Monomer of a Protein
Amino Acid
Monomer of a Lipid
Fatty acid and glycerol
Monomer of a carbohydrate (carb)
Simple Sugar
Monomer of Nucleic acid
Nucleotide
Disaccharide
Sucrose
Polysaccharide
Starch(amylose)
You know its a sugar if it ends in
O S E
You know it’s an enzyme if it ends in
A S E
Cohesion
Sticks to itself
Adhesion
Sticks to other things
Biotic
Living
Abiotic
Non-living
Living things
Obtain/use energy
Must have at least 1 cell
Able to grow/develop
Must be able to reproduce
Anabolism
Synthesize
Catabolism
Breakdown
Metabolism
Sum of all chemical reactions
Control
Part of an experiments that doesn’t change
Variable
The part of an experiments that has been changed
Dependent Variable
Data that is collected
Independent Variable
What I changed as the experimenter
Level of Organization (from smallest to biggest)
Atom Molecule Celltissue Organ Organ System Organism Population Community Ecosystem Biosphere
Selective Permeability
Allows some materials through while keeping others out
Phospholipid Bilayer
Phosphorus or phosphate
Phagocytosis
White blood cells eating bacteria