| A | B |
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| carrying capacity | number of organisms of one species that an environment can support indefinitely |
| Exponential growth | J shaped growth, population growing at a very fast rate |
| logistic growth | S shaped growth, population is cycling at or slightly above or below carrying capacity |
| density dependent factors | factors that affect population growth that depend on a large population, ex. disease |
| density independent factors | factors that affect population regardless of population numbers, ex. hurricane |
| exotic or alien (nonnative) species | species that are not native to the area but are introduced to that area |
| invasive species | growth of the species takes over an area, ex. Kudzu |
| pH | the amount of Hydrogen in solutions |
| acid | solution that forms H+ in water, ex. lemon |
| base | solution that forms OH- in water, ex. baking soda |
| solution | mixture of solutes distributed equally in a solvent |
| solvent | part of solution doing the dissolving, ex. water |
| solute | part of solution being dissolved, ex. sugar |
| amino acids | monomers (small parts) of proteins |
| carbohydrate | a biomolecule composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen with a ratio of 1:2:1, ex. C6H12O6 |
| monosaccharides | simple sugars or pure sugars, contain only one type, ex. glucose |
| disaccharides | two monosaccharides combine to make a carb, ex. sucrose |
| polysaccharides | polymers of many monosaccharides, ex. starch |
| lipids | large biomolecules that are mostly carbon and hydrogen, small amounts of oxygen, ex. fats and oils |
| proteins | large, complex polymer composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, ex. hemoglobin |
| peptide bonds | bond that holds amino acids together |
| enzyme | proteins that speed the rates of reactions inorganisms |
| nucleic acids | complex biomolecule that store cellular information in genetic code, ex. DNA and RNA |
| nucleotides | small subunits that make up nucleic acids |
| RNA | nucleic acid used in making proteins |
| DNA | nucleic acid used to determine how an organism looks |
| metabolism | all the chemical reactions that occur within an organism |
| ose | three letter ending of most sugars, ex. fructose |
| ase | three letter ending of most enzymes, ex. sucrase |
| covalent bonds | atoms sharing electrons, most compounds in organisms |
