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| variable | Something that changes in a Scientific experiment |
| dependent variable | The variable that is measured |
| independent variable | The variable that is changed on purpose |
| TAILs | Title, Axis, Intervals, Labels (components of a graph or data table) |
| hypothesis | a prediction written in an if...then fomat |
| testable question | a question that can be answered through a scientific investigation |
| control | constant condition, used for comparison purposes |
| X axis | location for independent variable on a graph |
| y axis | location for dependent variable on a graph |
| line graph | used to represent change over time |
| bar graph | used to represent unrelated data |
| mls, or liters | units of volume measurement |
| cm, or meters | units used to measure distance or length |
| food chain | diagram that shows who eats who |
| food web | interconnecting food chains that shows energy transfer through an ecosystem |
| consumer | eats to obtain energy and food |
| producers | produce food through photosynthesis |
| predators | Hunters |
| Prey | hunted |
| ominivore | eats plants and animals |
| herbivore | eats plants |
| carnivore | eats animals |
| decomposer | breaks down things for nutrients |
| scavengers | eat dead things |
| abiotic | non-living |
| biotic | living |
| ecosystem | abiotic and biotic things in a certain environment |
| SAV | submerged aquatic vegatation |
| cells | basic uinit of life |
| tissue | cells working together to perform one function |
| organ | tissues together to perform one function |
| organ system | organs together performing one function |
| mitochrondria | organelle where energy is released in a cell |
| nucleus | control center of cell |
| chromosomes | Location of genes |
| genotype | actual genes of an organism |
| phenotype | how person or organism looks |
| DNA | blueprint for life |
| pathogen | infectious agent (bacteria or viral) |
| antibiotic | kills bacteria |
| homozygous (pure) | 1 type of gene present for a trait |
| heterozygous (hybrid) | 2 different genes present for one trait |
| dominant | gene that always is expressed in phenotype |
| recessive | gene that is only expressed in phenotype if it is present in both genes (rr) |
| 46 | number of chromosomes in a human |
| 23 | number of chromosomes human's inherit from one parent |
| Heridity | study of the passing of one trait to another |
| Punnett Square | A square type representation of gene information that helps to predict phenotypes |
