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Activation energy
Minimum energy needed to get a reaction started
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Active site
Pocket formed by the folding of protein where substrates bind
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Amino acid
Buikding blocks of proteins
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Benedict's solution
Indicator for sugar
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Biology
The study of life
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Biuret Reagent
Indicator for proteins
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Brown paper test
Indicator for lipids
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Carbo-
Carbon-based/to do with carbon
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Carbohydrate
Made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
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Cellulose
Polysaccharide made by plants (wood and paper)
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Compound
Two or more elements combined in proportions
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Conclusion
Ending result after gathering data
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Control
Experimental set up for comparison purposes
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Dependent variable
Factor not intentionally changed
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Element
A substance of one type of atom
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Enzyme
Protein that speeds up (catalyses) chemical processes
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Fair test
An experiment conducted controlling as many variables as possible
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Hypothesis
An untested explanation for a question
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Independent variable
Manipulated variable
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Indicator
Any chemical substance that shows presence or absense of organic molecule
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Iodine
Indicator for carbohydrates
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Lipid
Carbon and hydrogen - fat
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Metric system
Decimal system of measurement based on multiples of 10
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Molecule
Smallest unit of most compounds
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Monomer
Units that can join together to form polymers
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Monosaccharide
Singlr sugar molecule
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Nucleic Acid
Hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
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Nucleotide
Monomer of nucleic acids (phosphorous, oxygen, carbon)
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Organic Molecule
A molecule that contains carbon
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-ose
Carbohydrate or sugar
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Peptide
Related to proteins
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Polymers
Formed from 2 or more monomers
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Polypeptide
Chain if amino acids
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Polysaccharide
Formed from monosaccharide
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Protein
Needed by body for growth and repair made up of hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon.
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Qualitative data
Information that cannot be directly measured
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Quantitative data
Information that can be measured
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Reproduction
Giving offspring
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Response
Single, specific reaction to a stimulus
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Scientific method
The process used to conduct and record a scientific experiment
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SEM
Scanning electron microscope
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Spontaneous generation
The idea that living things can come from nonliving things
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Starch
Carbohydrate made up of sugar molecules
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Stimulus
A signal to which an organism responds
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Substrate
Reactant of a sped up reaction
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TEM
Transmission electron microscope
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Theory
Well tested idea accepted as fact
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Variable
A factor that can be changed
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Cell
Basic unit of all forms of life
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Eukaryote
Organism where cell's contain nuclei
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Prokaryote
Single celled organism lacking nuclei
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Unicellular
A single celled organism
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Multicellular
An organism that contains 2 or more cells
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Animal cell
An amorphous cell that makes up animals
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Plant cell
Rigid cell containing a large vacuole and chloroplasts that make up plants
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Golgi body
Packages proteins from the ER
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Cell membrane
Flexible wall around the cell that regulates what comes in and out of the cell
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Cell wall
Strong wall around cells in plants, algae, and some bacteria
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Vacuole
Stores materials like water, salts, proteins, and carbohydrates
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Chloroplast
Organelle in plants that captures energy from the sun and converts it to chemical energy
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Nucleus
Control center of cell
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Nucleolus
Inside the nucleus where assembly
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