Vocabulary
An inclination or predisposition in a certain direction that prevents an unprejudiced consideration of a question.
What is bias?
He commanded us to rule over his creation in Genesis 1:28.
Who is God?
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
Mrs. McKay's favorite organelle
What is the Mitochondria?
The difference between rates of anabolism and catabolism.
What is metabolism?
The science that is based on demonstrated facts and truths, but not focused on practical applications; "the quest for knowledge."
What is Pure science?
The testable statement or educated guess of a scientist based on preliminary research and broad ideas.
What is a hypothesis?
The primary element of all organic compounds.
What is carbon?
Objects within a cell that have a particular job or function.
What are organelles?
Organisms that make their own food.
This reasoning starts as fact and works toward general conclusions (science). It is the process of finding rules.
What is inductive reasoning?
The in-depth description of the processes the scientist undergoes to test their hypothesis.
What are methods?
The most common physical states of matter.
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
Photosynthesis occurs in this organelle.
What is the chloroplast?
The process by which messenger RNA (mRNA) is formed from DNA.
What is transcription?
Stronger than a hypothesis but not as strong as a law.
What is a theory?
The quantifiable outcome of the methods tested.
This law states that energy can only be transferred from one form to another through heat and work.
What is the (first) Law of Thermodynamics?
Eukaryotic cells have this important cellular structure while prokaryotic cells do not.
What is a nucleus?
The conversion of solar energy to chemical energy in the form of glucose.
What is photosynthesis?
The three most common types of chemical bonds?
What are ionic, covalent, and metallic bonds?
The century in which Francis Bacon (among others) founded the Scientific Method?
What were the 1600's?
The basic unit of a chemical element. They have protons, neutrons, and electrons.
What is an atom?
This is a steady state of internal and external conditions set by the organism.
What is homeostasis?
A metabolic process that uses oxygen to break down food to produce energy.
What is aerobic cellular respiration?