Scientific Investigation
Cells
Changes of Organisms
Diversity of Life
Ecology
100
A tentative explanation for an observation
What is hypothesis
100
Organism that exists as a single, independent cell
What is unicellular
100
Change in genetic code passed from one cell to new cells
What is mutation
100
Branch of biology that studies grouping and naming of organisms
What is taxonomy
100
Use the sun's energy to make their own food
What is producer
200
Instrumental error, personal error, sampling error, replication error, experimental design and measurement error
What are sources of error in experiments
200
Movement of substances across the plasma membrane without the use of the cell's energy
What is passive transport
200
A single parent produces one or more identical offspring by dividing into two cells
What is asexual reproduction
200
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
What are the levels of classification
300
A manipulated variable in an experiment or study whose presence or degree determines the change in the dependent variable
What is independent variable?
300
Self-regulating mechanism that maintains internal conditions
What is homeostasis
300
The dominant allele will prevent the recessive allele from being expressed; gene pairs separate when gametes are formed; different pairs of genes separate independently of each other when gametes are formed.
What are Mendel's laws of heredity
300
Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia
What are the six kingdoms
300
Organism, species, population, community, ecosystem, environment
What is the structure of an ecosystem
400
A standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
What is control?
400
In a cell this transforms energy through respiration
What is mitochondria
400
Duplicated chromosomes line up randomly in the center of cell between spindle fibers
What is metaphase
400
Circulatory, digestive, endocrine, excretory, immune, integumentary, muscular, skeletal, nervous, reproductive and repiratory
What are the systems of the body
400
A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit
What is mutualism
500
Plan the research; design the experiment; collect data; analyze data and draw conclusion; document and present results
What are the basic steps for an experiment?
500
I am the storage center in the cell
What is vacuole
500
Graphic square used to show the probable results of a genetic cross
What is Punnett Square
500
Bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites
What are examples of infectious organisms
500
Sun...grass...mice...hawk
What is the energy flow in an ecosystem
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