| A | B |
|---|
| function | the processes that enable an organism to survive |
| biology | another term for life science |
| organism | general term for a living thing |
| life science | the study of life |
| development | the process of change that causes an organism to become more comples |
| complementary | working together to meet the needs of an organism |
| structure | the way an organism is put together as a whole |
| observing | using one or more of your senses to gather information |
| quantitative observations | observations that deal with a number or amount |
| qualitative observations | observations that deal with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers |
| inferring | explaining or interpreting things you observe |
| prediction | making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on experience or evidence |
| making models | creating representations of complex objects or processes |
| classifying | the process of grouping together items that are alike in some way |
| science | a way of learning about the natural world |
| scale model | a model that shows the proportions between its parts |
| hypothesis | a possible explanation for a set of observations or an answer |
| variables | factors that can change in an experiment |
| communication | the sharing of ideas and experimental findings with others through writing and speaking |
| data | facts, figures and other evidence gathered through observations |
| responding variable | the factor that may change in response to the manipulated variable |
| controlled experiment | an experiment inwhich only one variable is manipulated at a time |
| scientific inquiry | the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world |
| operational definition | a statement that describes how to measure a variable or define a term |
| manipulated variable | one variable that is purposely changed to test a hypothesis |
| length | distance |
| meter | unit of measure for length |
| volume | liquid or amount of space it takes up |
| liter | unit of measure for volume |
| mass | amount of matter in and object |
| gram | unit of measure for mass |
| temperature | measure temperature of a substance |
| celsius scale | how to measure temperature |
