Metrics
The base unit of length
What is the meter?
The term that makes bacteria become resistant to antibiotics
What are mutations?
The variable typically placed on the X-axis (horizontal line)
What is the independent variable?
The smallest individual units that have the properties of an element
What are atoms?
The solvent of life
What is water?
The bass unit of mass
What is the gram?
The cycle of evolution as well-adapted organisms pass on their genes due to their higher survival rate
What is natural selection?
The variable typically placed on the Y-axis (vertical line)
What is the dependent variable?
A list of all the known elements in the universe
What is the periodic table?
Water exists on Earth in three forms
What is gas, liquid, and solid?
The base unit of volume
What is the liter?
Purposely chosen species intended for breeding due to their high level of production and quality
What is artificial selection?
A graph often used to visualize a trend in data over a period of time and continuous data
What is a line graph?
The three subatomic particles
What are protons, neutrons, and electrons?
A measure of how difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid
What is surface tension?
The base unit of temperature
What are degrees Celsius (°C)?
The flow of genetic information into RNA which transforms into protein
A graph often used when comparing values from two or more groups of categories
What is a bar graph?
Join atoms into molecules through electron sharing
What is a covalent bond?
Energy associated with the random movement of atoms and molecules
What is thermal energy?
The measuring system used by the scientific community and most other nations
What is the metric system? (also known as the International System of Measurement)
Characteristics and traits derived from an organism
What is phenotype?
A graph often used when both axes include numeric data and is used to determine relationships between the two variables
What is a scatter plot?
Atoms gain or lose electrons to attain the most stable electron shell configuration
What is the Octet Rule?
The tendency of molecules of the same kind to stick together