the overarching narrative that a person uses to see and interpret the world
worldview
an idea that scientists use to explain the data that they have collected
theory
the structure that holds and protects the cell in a eukaryotic cell
nucleus
a cell with a nucleus
eukaryotic cell
prokaryotic cell
a cell without a nucleus
the science of sorting organisms into groups
taxonomy
the group in a controlled experiment that is exposed to the independent varible
experimental group
the group in a controlled experiment that is not exposed to the independent variable
control group
the study of applying moral principals to life
ethics
an explanation that is based on limited observations
hypothesis
a factor that changes in a controlled experiment
variable
an organisms ability to keep its internal processes stable
homeostasis
the study of life
life science
a test of the way that something works by examining the effects of one factor at a time
controlled experiment
an organism that makes its food using energy from its environment
autotroph
a unique name that identifies an organism created by combining the names of the genus and species
scientific name
using a variety of tools and skills to answer a question or solve a problem
scientific inquiry
an organism that gets energy be eating other organism
heterotroph
an idea that scientists use to describe what they observe
law
data
information that people collect
a simplified explanation, description, or representation of the world
model
organism
a living thing
data communicated using words and descriptions
qualitative data
cell
the smallest working unit of an organism
date communicated with numbers
quantitative data