Biology project

2. Anything that absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases. Examples include: plants, ocean and soil
6. The substance an enzyme acts on. They may be broken apart or put together. The reactant.
7. A substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction and is altered during the reaction. What is put together to make something new.
10. all autotrophs (plants), they trap energy from the sun. Beginning of the food chain
11. the role a species plays in a community; its total way of life
12. Substances found in all living things that ar
14. Destruction of an enzyme by temperature or other factors.
15. Also called: primary producer, producer, or PLANT. The beginning of a food chain
19. the process of making something, such as a new molecule or protein.
20. Make a reaction start faster
21. The total variety of organisms. The more different types of organisms = healthier ecosystem

1. acid: A molecule that has all the genetic information for an organism. Includes directions for development, growth and reproduction of the organism.
3. tissues that help keep an organism warm. Macromolecule: Another name for a biomolecule. Needed by all living things.
4. A restricted region of an enzyme molecule which binds to the substrate.
5. a large molecule made up of monomers that are joined together.
8. occurs within a cell or between cells that regulates cell function.
9. The minimum amount of energy required for a chemical reaction to occur
13. - The genetic makeup of an organism •The two alleles inherited for
16. the end result of a biological or chemical process, what was made or created.
17. The process of burning something
18. nonliving parts of the environment (i.e. temperature, soil, light, moisture, air currents