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PrinBio I Invitation to Biology

This activity has terms from Principles of Biology I - Chapter 1 Invitation to Biology.

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Cellbasic unit of life
Observationusing 5 senses
Tissuemade up of similar cells
Predictingstate in advance w/ if-then statement
Inferringanswers based on fact not preception
Experimentscientific test
Independent Variablemakes control and experimental groups different
Organismindividual living thing
Organized Datatables, charts, graphs, and maps
Organmade of tissue for a specific job
Non-Livingrocks, water, gas
Subjective Theorybased on opinion or emotion
Unicellularsingle cell
Multicellularcomplex, many cells
Biologystudy of life
Supernaturalbeyond nature
Scienceknowledge of the natural world
Modelingusing representations of objects or events
Stage clipshold a slide on microscopes
Eyepiece10X ocular piece
Fine Adjustmentused to sharpen image
Theorywell-supported after many tests
Diaphramregulates light
Biogenesis Theorylife comes only from life
Product of Sciencewhat we make with knowledge
Processes of Sciencehow we get knowledge
Dependent Variableresponding variable
Science Lawcannot be changed
Hypothesisa testable answer to a problem
Dataresults of experiment
Controlused for comparison
Classifyingplacing into like groups
Fahrenheit32 freezing / 212 boiling
Celsius0 freezing / 100 boiling
Standard Unitfixed quantity
Homeostasisstays ~constant inside
Developmentchanges over lifetime
Reproductionform new individuals
Spontaneous Generationlife from nonliving - false!
Qualitative Observationdiscription of something
Quantitative Observationhow much / many
Energychemicals from food
Growthcell reproduction and enlargement
Adaptationability to change with environment
Responsereact to stimuli
Life Spanfrom birth to death
Ethicshonesty and integrity
Line Graphshows a trend over time
Bar Graphshows info that is counted
Pie Graphinfo divided into groups


Pine Bluff High School
Pine Bluff, AR

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