Statistics for Biology

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The ability of a living thing to keep conditions inside its body constant	Homeostasis	78%
Process by which plants use the sun’s energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars	Photosynthesis	48%
Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants	Herbivore	46%
A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances	Solvent	44%
Protein substances that speed up chemical reactions	Enzymes	39%
Large molecule formed when many smaller molecules bond together	Polymer	33%
A simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers	Monomer	32%
An organism that makes its own food	Autotroph	29%
A chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule	Covalent Bond	29%
Having a pair of equal and opposite charges	Polar	29%
Two strands of nucleotides wound about each other; structure of DNA	Double Helix	21%
A major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate	Biome	20%
The emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants	Transpiration	19%
An organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition	Heterotroph	17%
A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently	Organism	17%
An enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream	Lipase	16%
Contains most of a cell’s genetic material in the form of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)	Chromosomes	15%
All of the environments on Earth that support life	Biosphere	13%
Cyclic movement of carbon in different chemical forms from the environment to organisms and then back to the environment	Carbon Cycle	13%
Term referring to matter having an excess of electrons (a negative charge) or a deficiency of electrons (a positive charge)	Charged	13%
An organism’s genetic makeup, or allele combinations	Genotype	13%
The process of wave-like muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along	Peristalsis	12%
The energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur	Activation Energy	11%
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms	Consumer	11%
An attraction between molecules of different substances	Adhesion	9%
Attraction between molecules of the same substance	Cohesion	9%
A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation	Greenhouse Gas	9%
The movement of materials (nutrients) in a local ecosystem	Nutrient Cycle	7%
An enzyme from the pancreas that digests proteins in the small intestine	Trypsin	7%
An organism (like the earthworm) that feeds on decaying matter after it has been broken down by decomposers	Detritivore	6%
Water that leaks out and slowly moves deeper underground	Seepage	2%
The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens	Cecum	1%
The variety of different types of genes in a species or population	Genetic Variation	1%