BACE Exam Review Question and Answer 2023

bioethics - applying moral values to decision-making on topics brought up by advances in biology, medicine, and technology biotechnology - the study and manipulation of living things or their components data - information gathered during an experiment genome - an entire set of an organism's genetic information hypothesis - a testable prediction to a scientific question journal - a scientific magazine or periodical where scientists publish their experiments control - an experimental trial with a factor that will yield a predictable result morals - values that help one decide between right and wrong recombinant DNA - DNA from 2 or more different source organisms in one DNA molecule variable - a factor that gets manipulated during an experiment amino acid - the subunits of proteins, each of which contains an amino group, carboxyl group, and a functional "R" group all attached to a central carbon atom carbohydrate - molecules containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in approximately a 1:2:1 ratio chromosomes - a long DNA molecule wrapped around histone proteins glucose - a six-carbon sugar molecule used by cells for making energy lipids - hydrophobic macromolecules including fats, oils, and steroids macromolecules - large molecules composed of repeating units of smaller molecules nucleic acids - information-carrying molecules composed of nucleotides organelles - specialized membrane-bound structures that have specialized functions within cells photosynthesis - a process where plants and algae use light energy to make chemical energy proteins - macromolecules composed of amino acids bound by peptide bonds respiration - the process of breaking down food molecules to generate energy aqueous - used to describe a solution in which water is the solvent buffer - a solution that resists a change in pH concentration - the proportion of solute to solvent in a solution dilution - the addition of solvent to make a mixture less concentrated molarity - the concentration of a solution expressed as the number of moles of solute per liter of solvent a mole - the molecular weight of a substance in grams