| A | B |
|---|
| compound microscope | tool that extends our sight |
| working definition | definition that changes to accomodate new information |
| habitat | where an organism lives |
| biodiversity | how things are different in an ecosystem |
| eyepiece | usually has a 10X lens |
| cells | organisms are composed of one or more of these |
| energy | plants get this from the sun and use it to make food |
| entomologist | person who studies insects |
| fragmentation | cutting or dividing something |
| lateral | relating to the side of something |
| regenerate | grow new body parts |
| Lumbriculus variegatus | should be underlined-California blackworm |
| segmented | organism whose body is divided into sections |
| taxonomy | science of classifying living things |
| seven layer system | kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
| anterior | head end |
| posterior | tail or back end |
| asexual | type of reproduction that forms new organism with a single parent |
| life process | any of the 8 things that all living things do |
| scientific name | a way organisms are classified |
| stage clip | holds the slide in place |
| organic | anything living or once alive |
| inorganic | something that has never been alive or never could be alive |
| measurements | in parenthesis to the right of the title in a scientific drawing |
| coarse adjustment knob | moves body tube up and down |
| variables | two things on a graph that show what and how you are measuring |
| title | found at the top of a graph |
| constant | unchanging |
| lens x objective | formula to find magnification |
| compound lens | microscope with 2 lenses working together |
| diaphragm | controls amount of light going through stage |
| nosepiece | holds objective lenses |
| fine adjustment knob | fine tunes the image |
| stage | slide rests on this |
| light source | illuminates specimen |
| arm | supports eyepiece and body tube |
| base | supports the microscope-place hand under it to carry |
| field of view | what you see through the eyepiece |
| thorax | middle body segment of an insect |
| abdomen | lower body segment of an insect |
| Melittobia digitatat | Wowbug-underline! |
| insect | has exoskeleton, 3 body parts, 4 wings (if any) |
| Lumbricus terrestris | earthworm-underline! |
| beetle | most common insect |
| parasite | gets nutrients from other living things |
| asexual | single parent reproduction |
