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| Behavioral Science | the study of how humans react to different stimuli; involving the comparisson of human behaivors |
| control | the factor in the study that is not being studied. it is used as a comparisson to evaluate what is being studied |
| Variable | the factor that is being studied. it is something that varies from the normal envoirment |
| dependant variable | the variable that is not controlled by the expirementer. Generally the y vairable |
| Independant variable | the variable controlled by the experimenter. usually the x axis |
| Abstract | a brief and general introduction to lab reports/ scientific articles explaining what was being studied, why it was studied and the results |
| n | number of a subject in the study |
| extrapolate | continuing graph after actual data points to determine an aproximate data value not tested |
| best fit curve | a line or curve that best fits the data points on a scientific graph |
| attribute | a characteristic that a person has or displays |
| stimulus | a eternal factor that results in some kind of response |
| reaction | response to stimulus |
| cause and effect | the response(effect) to some stimulus(cause |
| colored filters | filters that have a color so when light transmitts, becomes that color |
| colored surface | same thing as colored filters with a surface and it absorbs the light |
| filtered light | light that has passed through colored or not colored materials |
| opaque | solid, absorbs or reflects light |
| transparent | see through- light can pass through |
| absorbed light | Light that enters an object but does not come out |
| diffraction grating | piece of fine glass or plastic |
| prism | reflection, absorbtion ofl ight of different colors |
| reflected light | light that has been reflected off an object back into your eye |
| spectroscope | how you see a spectrum |
| spectrum | part of a continous thing |
| transmitted light | light that enters an object and comes out a different color |
| Entemology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fish |
| taxonomy | the science of classification of organisms |
| cytology | the study of cells |
| ecology | a branch of biology that deals with the relations between organisms and their envoirment |
| anatomy | the study of the structure of organisms |
| physiology | the study of organisms and how their parts function |
| anthropology | the study of human origin customs and traditions |
| genetics | the science of heredity, dealing with similarities and differences between related organisms |
| Paleontology | the study of life exsisting in former geological periods |
