Adhesion of Water: If you look really closely, you can see some water on this guy's back. Water will stick to other objects instead of rolling right off because it has adhesive properties. In other words, it sticks to other things.
ATP: Adenosine triphosphate is the energy our body uses to do the majority of stuff. Humans electricity in a similar sort of way.
Autotroph: An autotroph is an organism that synthesizes its own energy, rather than ingesting it from some other source. Plants are a notable example of an autotroph, but there are others, such as some types of algae.
Calvin cycle: The Calvin cycle is the portion of photosynthesis in which sugar is created. Photosynthesis is performed by all plants, most prominently in the leaves.
Carbohydrates: Carbohydrates are one of the four basic biomolecules. The monomers of carbohydrates are fructose, galactose, and most importantly glucose. In informal language, carbohydrates can also refers to foods like bread, cereals, and pasta.
Cellulose: Cellulose is the primary component of cell walls in plants, and it cannot be digested by humans. Paper is made out of cellulose, and therefore I used it as my picture.
Chitin: Chitin is a substance that, among other things, is used in the shells of molluscs.
Cohesion of water: The cohesion of water (tendency to stick to itself) causes surface tension in this cup, and thereby allows for this paperclip to float.
Denaturation: When this rice was cooked, its proteins denatured and it lost its rigid structure.
Enzymes: The saliva pictured here contains enzymes, such as salivary amylase, a digestive enzyme. Enzymes control all reactions within organisms, and without them, we would not be alive to gape in awe at their awesomeness.
Heterotroph: These benevolent people are unaware that I am photographing them. Humans are an example of a heterotroph. A heterotroph is an organism that obtains its energy by ingesting it from other organism.
Hydrophobic: The oil in this glass is hydrophobic, and therefore it will avoid the water at all costs. The opposite of hydrophobic is hydrophilic, which refers to a substance that enjoys the presence of water (not literally of course, as substances are not capable of enjoyment).
Kinesis: This car is currently in motion. Kinesis refers to movement or activity of a cell, but luckily more visible things also move. Specifically it is a reaction to a stimulus.
Phospholipid: Cells are surrounded by a cell membrane, which is made up of phospholipids. This soap bubble is surrounding some air in a similar way to phospholipids surrounding the cytosol.
Saturated fat: Butter is an example of a saturated fat, which is solid at room temperature. The structure of saturated fat is flat, allowing the molecules to stack on top of one another in a dense fashion.
Taxis: Upon my approach the ducks, which are barely visible in the water, swam away at quite a fast rate. This prevented me from getting a good picture of them, but did provide an example of taxis, in which an organism responds to a stimulus. In this case, my presence was the stimulus, and the reaction was to swim in the opposite direction.
Fermentation: This beer was brewed via fermentation. The yeast used produced the alcohol via fermentation Fermentation is anaerobic respiration for organisms such as yeast.
Territorial behavior: Some creatures have decided to utilize mechanized traps in an attempt to protect their territory from mice. Territorial behavior refers to organisms attempting to keep other organisms from entering the territory, perhaps by killing them violently.
Unsaturated Fat. This oil is an example of unsaturated fat. An unsaturated fat differs from saturated fat in that it is liquid at room temperature. The molecules of unsaturated fat have a bend in them, and therefore do not stack as densely as in saturated fats.
Xylem: Xylem refers to one of the two types of vascular tissue in plants (the other being phloem). Its most basic function is water transportation, and the best known type of xylem is wood, such as that seen in this desk.
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