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| Hypothesis | Educated Guess |
| Observation | First part of the scientific method, taking in info from the environment |
| Question | Follows Observation, Sets up hypothesis |
| Experimental Group | Group that has an independent variable |
| Control Group | Lacks an independent variable. Serves as something to compare the experimental group to. |
| Experiment | Purpose is to test an independent variable (ex. fertiizer on plant growth) |
| Metabolism | Characteristic of Life, Obtaining and using chemical energy. Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are metabolic events. |
| Growth | Characteristic of Life, Cell Division |
| Development | Characteristic of Life, Cells change identity over time. |
| Reproduction | Characteristic of Life, Sexual and Asexual |
| Adaptation | Characteristic of Life, Ability of an organism to adjust to its environment. |
| Homeostasis | Characteristic of Life, The maintanance of a constant internal environment. |
| Heredity | Characteristic of Life, Process by how traits are passed down through generations. |
| Biology | The study of life |
| Cells | Characteristic of Life, made up of 1 or more. |
| Biology Benefits | Agriculture (increased food supply due to genetically enhanced crops and pesticides) and Medicine (better medicines and treatments such as gene therapy). |
| Dependent Variable | The measurable outome of an experiment. |
| Lab Safety | Be familiar with basic guidelines. |
| What do the following metric units measure? (grams, liters, and meters) | Grams = weight, Liters = volume, Meters = length |
| Convert 5 millimeters to meters, 20 kiloliters to liters, and 5000 grams to centigrams. | Answers: 0.005 meters, 20,000 liters, and 500,000 centigrams |
| Graph where only percentage data is used. | Circle graph/Pie Chart |
| Graph that best allows you to make predictions. | Line Graph |
| A good graph contains: | A descriptive title, Labelled axes, and a neat and accurate display of the data. |
| Prokaryote | A bacteria cell that lack a nucleus and most other cell structures |
| Eukaryote | Bigger than a prokaryote. Contains nucleus and many cell structures |
