Unit 1 Vocab Test

1. large organic molecules that make up living organisms; they include carbohydrates, lipids proteins, and nucleic acids

• macromolecules
• monsacchardie
• polymer
• nucleotide

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

2. in an experiment, the group exposed to the treatment, that is, to one version of the independent variable

• Control Group
• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Experimental Group

3. broad concept or principle that describes how something occurs in nature

• law
• principle
• fact
• theory

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

4. describes qualities using the senses

• Quantitative
• Qualitative
• Observation
• Inference

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

5. A substance that is dissolved in a solution.

• solvent
• solute
• solution

6. uniform homogenous mixture of two or more substances

• solvent
• solute
• solution

7. Combines with fatty acids to make lipids

• Glycerol
• Nucleic Acid
• Monomer
• Protein

8. Main building block of lipids

• monosaccharide
• fatty acid
• amino acid
• nucleotide

9. an objective and verifiable observation

• fact
• principle
• observation
• accuracy

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-PS1-3

10. "water fearing" - a substance that does not have an affinity for water

• hydrophilic
• hydrophobic
• cohesion
• polar