Vocabulary
Biology
The study of life and living things
The proposed answer to a scientific question (what you think will happen)
An increase in the number of cells
Growth
The smallest unit of matter
Atom
Biologist
Scientists who study biology
The procedure used to test a hypothesis
Experiment
The creation of a new organism with its own cells
Reproduction
What does an element's "atomic number" tell you
The number of protons an atom contains (elements are organized in the periodic table based on their atomic number)
Cells
The basic unit of life; what all living things are made of
List of supplies needed to conduct an experiment
Materials
The taking in of food/nutrients
Nutrition
What is an element's "chemical symbol"
One or two letters that represent each element (usually the first two letters of the element's name)
Classification
The process of organizing living things based on structure or relationship
The things you noticed while conducting the experiment
Observations
The removal of waste products from the body
Excretion
What does atomic mass measure
The average mass of a single atom of the element
Chemical reaction
Whenever chemical bonds are formed or broken
Explaining the result (what happened, was your hypothesis correct or not, etc.)
Conclusion
How organisms change the conditions in their own bodies in order to survive in changing environments
Regulation
Solid- Tightly packed atoms, rigid
Liquid- Atoms close to one another but not tightly packed, they slide past each other so it has no defined shape
Gas- atoms are distant from one another