Biology Semester 1 Final

Front

What macromolecule is responsible for providing our genetic material?

Back

Nucleic acids

Front

What is the principal chemical compound that living things use to store energy?

Back

ATP

Front

What do we call an organism that uses sunlight to create its own food?

Back

Producer/autotroph

Front

What term describes the attraction of water to other substances?

Back

Adhesion

Front

How is the cell membrane often described?

Back

All of these: the organelle that controls what goes in and out of the cell, a fluid mosaic phospholipid bilayer, selectively permeable.

Front

What are the building blocks of proteins?

Back

Amino acids

Front

What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy?

Back

Photosynthesis

Front

What is the term for organisms that cannot produce their own food and rely on other organisms for energy?

Back

Heterotrophs

Front

What is the basic unit of life?

Back

The cell

Front

What is the role of enzymes in biological reactions?

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Enzymes act as catalysts to speed up chemical reactions.