Any question that has to do with

ELEMENTS:
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Carbon

Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Phosphorus
Sulfur
o When in doubt pick
carbon if it is there
o If you see the word
organic the answer
is carbon
o CHNOPS (Chill Homie
No One Plays Soccer)

Word association
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ATP = energy
Sugar = quick energy
o Sugar is used to make
ATP during cellular
respiration
Mitochondria = powerhouse
of the cell (where cellular
respiration occurs)
Lipid = stored energy or long
term energy
Enzyme = speed up/increase
the rate
o Also make or break
down
o End in - ASE
Inhale = Oxygen
Exhale = carbon dioxide
Liver/kidney = waste
Transcription = RNA
Translation = protein
Replication = DNA copies
Mitosis = repair
o Also growth
o Produces clones
Meiosis = gametes
o Halves the number of
chromosomes

Gametes = sperm/egg
Fertilization double number
of chromosomes
Chromosome = DNA
Nucleotide = nucleic acid
Monosaccharide =
carbohydrate
Carbohydrate = sugar
Fatty acid = lipid
Lipid = fat
Amino acid = protein
Dominant = capital
Recessive = lower case
Homo/homeo - = same
Hetero - = different
Prokaryote = no nucleus
o Also bacteria
Eukaryote = nucleus
Plant cells look square under
a microscope
Nucleus = brain of cell
Ribosomes = make proteins
Osmosis = water
Producer = plant
o All arrows point away
in a food web
Primary consumer = 1 arrow
from producer
Secondary consumer = 2
arrows from producer
Tertiary = 3 arrows
Natural selection = survival
Respiration = breathing
Evidence = common
ancestor
o Fossils
o DNA
o Anatomy
o Embryology
Structure = made of
Function = job