Biology vocabulary

organic molecules that are present in living organisms

• Biomolecule

• Carbohydrate

• Enzyme

• Monomer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

usually ATP, allows cells to do work

• Lipid

• Enzymes

• Energy

• Protein

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

a complex organic molecule made up of CHON and amino acids joined by peptide bonds

• Nucleic Acid

• Active Site

• Protein

• Nucleotide

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Complex protein that begins and speeds up chemical reactions

• Enzyme

• Catalyst

• Energy

• Starch

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

increases the speed of a chemical reaction

• Catalyst

• Cellulose

• Energy

• Fatty Acid

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-5

monomer of a carbohydrate

• lipid

• enzyme

• amino acids

• monosaccharide

Complex carbohydrate found in plants that stores energy

• Energy

• Biomolecules

• Enzyme

• Starch

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Complex carbohydrate that makes the exoskeleton of insects and cell wall of fungi

• Nucleotide

• Fatty Acid

• Chitin

• Polysaccharide

Complex carbohydrate that forms the structure of plant cell walls

• cellulose

• chitin

• starch

• amino acids

nonnumeric, subjective, must include # usually in units

• qualitative

• inference

• independent variable

• quantitative