Science Skills
S. I unit for distance
meters
All living things are made of _____?
Cells
Are animals heterotroph or autotroph?
Heterotroph
Organelle where photosynthesis occurs
Chloroplasts
The visible expression of a genotype
Pḧenotype
Step of the scientific method where you answer your question with what you think will happen in your experiment.
Hypothesis
Scientific names usually have how many words?
Two
Part of the flower were sperm is made and stored
Anther
Structure that stores DNA, thought to control the cell
Nucleus
Type of characteristics that someone has due to experience or environment
Acquired Trait
S.I. unit of measurement for volume
Liter
Characteristic of living things that mean they can make more of each other
Reproduction
Usually soft animal, has stinging cells.
Cnidarians
Rigid structure that gives support to cells. Found in plant cells
Cell wall
Tool used to calculate probability of inheriting a trait
Punnet Square
Something that sounds like science but has not scientific evidence. Sometime relies only on personal anecdotes or beliefs
Pseudoscience
Kingdom where organisms have a cell wall, but feed of other organisms. Unable to carry out photosynthesis
Filter feeding animal, lives on the ocean floor. Adults cannot move
Process that gives energy to cells, occurs inside the mitochondria
Cellular respiration
Monk known as the father of Genetics, began his experiments with pea plants
Gregor Mendel
Variable being tested by the scientist. There should be only one in an experiment.
Independent Variable
Kingdom in which organisms are ancient and microscopic. They can live in extreme temperatures.
Archae
Plants that reproduce using flowers
Process that occurs in the cytoplasm that breaks down glucose, before it enters the mitochondria.
Glycolisis
Heterozygous