AP Biology Final Exam Review 2023 with 100% correct answers

emergent properties - correct answer new properties that emerge with each step upward in the hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases negative feedback - correct answer a mechanism of response in which a stimulus initiates reactions that reduce the stimulus positive feedback - correct answer a physiological control mechanism in which a change in a variable triggers mechanisms that amplify the change inductive reasoning - correct answer reasoning based on observed patterns polymer - correct answer large compound formed from combinations of many monomers hydrolysis - correct answer a chemical process in which a compound is broken down and changed into other compounds by taking up the elements of water enzyme - correct answer protein that acts as a biological catalyst phospholipids - correct answer a molecule that is a constituent of the inner bilayer of biological membranes, having a polar, hydrophilic head and a nonpolar, hydrophobic tail cellular respiration - correct answer process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen phosphorylation - correct answer the transfer of a phosphate group, usually from ATP, to a molecule. Nearly all cellular work depends on ATP energizing other molecules by phosphorylation