Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
23 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
which raw material is not needed for fermentation to occur? |
oxygen |
|
|
AutoTroph |
An Organism that makes its own food. eg: Plants |
|
|
Heterotroph |
An Organism that doesn't make its own food. eg: Caterpillar, Birds |
|
|
Element |
any substance that can't be broken down into simpler substances. eg: Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen |
|
|
Atom |
Smallest Unit in Element |
|
|
Compound |
2 are more elements combined chemically eg: Water |
|
|
Molecule |
Smallest unit of compound |
|
|
2 types of compounds |
Organic and In Organic |
|
|
Organic Compounds |
1. contain Carbon 2. eg: Protein, nucleic acid, lipids |
|
|
InOrganic Compounds |
1. Doesn't contain Carbon 2. eg: Water, Sodium chloride |
|
|
Carbohydrates |
energy rich organic compound, made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen eg: Sugar, Starch. |
|
|
Proteins |
large organic molecules made of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and sometimes sulpher |
|
|
enzyme |
Proteins that speeds up the chemical reaction in a living thing |
|
|
Eg of enzyme |
Enzyme in Saliva - Speeds up digestion of food by breaking down starch to sugar |
|
|
Lipids |
Energy rich organic compound made of Carbondioxide, hydrogen, oxygen |
|
|
Cholesterol high foods |
Meat, egg, cheese |
|
|
nucleic acid |
1. made of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, phosphorous 2. contains the instructions that cells need to carry from parent to child. |
|
|
eg of Nucleic acid |
DNA and RNA |
|
|
DNA |
DeoxyRibonucleic acid De/oxy/ribo/nucleic |
|
|
RNA |
Ribonucleic Acid |
|
|
where is DNA found |
in the chromatin of the nucleus |
|
|
Diffusion |
Process by which molecules tend to move from an area of higher concentration to lower concentration |
|
|
Osmosis |
Diffusion of water molecules through selectively permeable member from area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration |
