Science Basics
The basic unit of life.
What is a cell?
Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Theory
Law
Ancient civilization that wrote the Edwin Smith Papyrus.
What is Ancient Egypt?
A unicellular organism
What is bacteria
microscope that uses light to magnify specimens
what is compound light microscope
A trait that increases an organism's chance of survival
What is adaptation?
A well-supported explanation based on evidence
What is theory?
Scientists who proposed the heliocentric model
Who is Copernicus?
The molecule that stores genetic information
what is dna
microscope that shows surface details
what is a scanning electron
The factor deliberately changed in an experiment.
What is an independent variable?
Factors kept the same in an experiment?
What are constants?
Invention during the Industrial Revolution that improved communication of scientific ideas.
What is the telegraph?
the chemical processes in an organism that maintain life
what is metabolism
medical imaging technique using magnetic fields and radio waves
what is MRI
What is biology?
A measurement close to the true value.
What is accuracy?
How technology affects science
What is providing tools and techniques for new discoveries.?
the maintenance of stable internal conditions
what is homeostasis
using living systems to develop products
what is biotechnology
All living organisms on Earth and their environments.
What is the biosphere?
Describes a consistent pattern in nature
What is scientific law?
Study of all genes and their interactions.
What is genomics?
the change in species over time
what is evolution
an organism containing DNA from another species
what is transgenic