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Neutron - ANSWERSA subatomic particle with neutral charge ( ZERO Charge) Proton - ANSWERSA subatomic particle with positive charge (+1 Charge) Electron - ANSWERSA subatomic particle with negative charge (-1 Charge) Atomic Number - ANSWERSNumber of protons (IDENTIFIES ATOM) Molecule - ANSWERSA stable association of atoms The attractive force that links two atoms together is called: - ANSWERSChemical bond Define an ionic bond: - ANSWERSAttraction of opposite charged ions, (STRONG...

cohesion - ANSWERSallows water to travel against gravity as it moves from a plant's roots to the leaf (aka transpiration) adhesion - ANSWERSthe interaction between water and another material; can be stronger than cohesion surface tension - ANSWERSthe force necessary to stretch or break the surface of a liquid heat - ANSWERSthe total quantity of kinetic energy due to molecular motion temperature - ANSWERSthe measure of the intensity of heat due to the average kinetic energy of mole...

element - ANSWERSa) smallest chemical unit b) any substance that cannot be broken down to any other substance by chemical reactions diatomic elements - ANSWERSBrINClHOF compound - ANSWERStwo or more elements combined atom - ANSWERSsmallest unit of an element proton - ANSWERSa) subatomic particle with a single positive electrical charge b) found in the nucleus of an atom neutron - ANSWERSa) subatomic particle having no electrical charge b) found in the nucleus of an atom elec...

organization, information, energy, interactions, evolution - ANSWERS5 themes energy processing, evolution, reproduction, growth, response, regulation - ANSWERSProperties of Life molecules, organelles, cell, tissues, organ, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere - ANSWERSBio organization molecules - ANSWERS1st bio organization level organelles - ANSWERS2nd bio organization level cells - ANSWERS3rd bio organization level tissues - ANSWERS4th bi...

Photosynthesis - ANSWERSThe conversion process that transforms the energy of sunlight to chemical energy stored in sugars and other organic molecules An organism acquires compounds it uses for energy and carbon skeletons via? - ANSWERSAutotrophic nutrition and heterotrophic nutrition Autotrophs - ANSWERSSelf feeders that keep themselves alive without getting anything from other organisms Who are the producers of the biosphere? - ANSWERSAutotrophs Who produces their organic molecules ...

What are the levels of biological hierarchy? - ANSWERSpopulations, cells, organisms, ecological systems, molecules T/F All bacteria are smaller than eukaryotes - ANSWERSfalse T/F Big cells have big genomes - ANSWERSfalse T/F Nanobacteria are the smallest living organism - ANSWERSfalse T/F Basic research must be designed to have clear translatable benefit to humanity in order to contribute to the real world, such as medicine - ANSWERSfalse T/F Kary Mullis, the inventor of PCR, did ...

helicase - ANSWERSunwinds DNA topoisomerase - ANSWERSalleviates pressure on either side of the replication fork DNA polymerase - ANSWERSadds nucleotide to 3' end of new strand ligase - ANSWERSputs together Okazaki fragments primase - ANSWERSmakes RNA primer SSBs - ANSWERSstabilize the single stranded unwound DNA before it gets replicated nuclease - ANSWERScan cut out and replace damaged DNA during nucleotide excision repair telomeres - ANSWERS-when RNA primer is taken off...

why is cellular signaling important in large organisms? - ANSWERSto allow cells to respond to stimuli local signaling - ANSWERSsignaling molecules are secreted by the signaling cell. some molecules travel only short distances; such local regulators influence cells in the vicinity. long distance signaling - ANSWERSsignaling between cells separated by some distance (exocrine) intracellular signaling - ANSWERSreceptor is inside of cell. ligand must enter cell extracellular signaling - A...

polar covalent bonds - ANSWERSunequal sharing of electrons (in water, the electrons spend more time closer to oxygen because its more electronegative) polar molecule - ANSWERSmolecule with an unequal distribution of charge, resulting in the molecule having a positive end and a negative end (water is V shaped because of it) partial negative charge symbol - ANSWERSδ- (oxygen in H2O) partial positive charge symbol - ANSWERSδ+ (hydrogen in H2O) the four emergent properties of water - A...

An organism's adaptation to its environment is a result of _________. - ANSWERSevolution Evolution - ANSWERSthe process of change that has transformed life on earth Biology is... - ANSWERSthe scientific study of life Life - ANSWERSis recognized by what organisms do themes - ANSWERShelp to break up information emergent properties - ANSWERSresult from the arrangement and interaction of parts within a system reductionism - ANSWERSreduction of complex systems to simpler componen...