UNIT 1: Intro and Chemistry VOCAB REVIEW

Simple sugar molecule (this is the MONOMER of a carbohydrate)

• nucleotide

• base

• RNA

• monosacchride

Element or compound that enters INTO a chemical reaction

• reactant

• mixture

• ion

• product

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Macromolecule containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus

• carbohydrate

• protein

• lipid

• nucleic acid

Substance formed by the chemical combination of two or more different elements in definite proportions.

• solution

• compound

• solute

• element

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Attraction between molecules of the same substance.

• solution

• adhesion

• cohesion

• substrate

The reactant in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction (this is the KEY)

• catalyst

• element

• substrate

• adhesion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world.

• theory

• hypothesis

• science

• biology

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

The variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable; also called the responding variable.

• observation

• control group

• independent variable

• dependent variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Process that changes one set of chemicals into another set of chemicals.

• solvent

• chemical reaction

• adhesion

• catalyst

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Set of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials as it carries out its life processes.

• metabolism

• homeostasis

• reactant

• enzyme

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7