The Scientific Method
An educated guess
What is a Hypothesis?
The prefix meaning 1/100th of the basic unit
What is centi?
The dense part of an atom
What is the nucelus?
A black solid?
What is carbon (C)?
A tea bag illustrates this process
What is diffusion?
The first step of the Scientific Method
What is define the question or problem?
The prefix meaning 1/1000th of the basic unit
What is milli?
They have a positive electric charge
What is a proton?
We are made up of 65% of this element
What is oxygen?
These may be empty or may contain food or waste
What is vacuoles?
The last step of the Scientific Method
The prefix meaning 1000 times the basic unit
What is kilo?
They have a negative electric charge?
A stable gas needed to make protein
What is Nitrogen?
Where the cell releases energy
What is the mitochondrion?
This is how we test our hypothesis
What is conduct an experiment?
The prefix meaning one millionth of the basic unit
What is micro?
These have a much smaller than protons or neutrons but still have an electric charge
What are electrons?
An explosive gas
What is hydrogen (H)?
Controls entry and exit from the cell
What is the cell membrane?
What is the control?
The prefix meaning 1,000,000 times the basic unit
What is mega?
Most of the atom is made up of this
What is empty space?
H20 is the symbol for this
What is Water?
A special type of diffusion in which water passes through a cell membrane
What is Osmosis?