| A | B |
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| anything that possesses all the characteristics of life | organism |
| production of offspring | reproduction |
| a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring | species |
| an increase in the amount of living material and the formation of new structures | growth |
| all of the changes that take place during the life of an organism | development |
| the sum of an organism’s surroundings, including air, weather, water, and other organisms | environment |
| anything in an organism’s environment that causes and organism to react | stimulus |
| a fist flying at your face is an example of a | stimulus |
| you dodging a punch is an example of a | response to stimulus |
| regulation of an organism’s internal environment to maintain conditions suitable for survival | homeostasis |
| the ability to cause change or do work | energy |
| a gradual change in a species through adaptations over time | evolution |
| the common steps that biologists and other scientists use to gather information and answer questions | scientific method |
| an explanation for a question or problem that can be formally tested | hypothesis |
| an investigation that tests a hypothesis by the process of collecting information under controlled conditions | experiment |
| in an experiment, this is the group that receives no treatment and acts as a standard to compare results | control group |
| the group that receives the treatment in an experiment | experimental group |
| the condition that is tested in the experiment because it affects the outcome of the experiment, what we manipulate (this is the treatment) | independent variable |
| the condition that results from the changes of the independent variable | dependent variable |
| the independent variable is graphed on which axis? | X axis |
| the dependent variable is graphed on which axis? | Y axis |
| information obtained from investigations | data |
| an explanation of a natural phenomenon that is supported by a large body of scientific evidence (we keep getting the same results) | theory |
| numerical data | quantitative data |
| descriptive data like color/texture | qualitative |
| the International System of Measurement (SI) is used to report what type of data | quantitative |
| color is an example of what type of data? | qualitative |
| an instrument that produces an enlarged image of an object and shows its details clearly | microscope |
| My ocular lens (eye piece) is 10X and my objective lens is 4X. What is my total magnification? | 40X |
| My ocular lens is 10X and my objective lens is 40X. What is my total magnification | 400X |
| the power to show details clearly | resolution |
| this microscope uses light and 2 lenses to view an enlarged image | compound light microscope |
| what type of microscope did we use | compound light microscope |
| this type of microscope shows a 2D, inverted image | compound light microscope |
| This microscope transmits a beam of electrons through a specimen to get a 2D image | transmission electron microscope |
| this is the part of the microscope that you look through and magnifies the image 10X | ocular lens/ eye piece |
| this is the part of the microscope that magnifies an image 4, 10, or 40X | objective lenses |
| this is the part of the microscope that holds the specimen | stage |
| this is the part of the microscope that makes large changes to the focus | coarse adjustment knob |
| this is the part of the microscope that holds the objective lenses | nosepiece |
