Scientific Method
Characteristics of Life
Classifying Organisms
Microscope
Cells
100
The first step in the scientific method.
What is to state the PROBLEM/PURPOSE? (ask a question).
100
Things that have all the characteristics of life?
What are organisms?
100
The science of classification.
What is systematics or taxonomy?
100
100X Magnification
What is medium power objective?
100
Makes proteins.
What are Ribosomes?
200
A possible explanation that can be tested in an experiment.
What is a hypothesis?
200
The smallest unit of life.
What is a cell?
200
The kingdom that people fall under in classifying organisms.
What are Animals?
200
Holds the slide onto the stage.
What are stage clips?
200
Known as the powerhouse of the cell. Makes energy for the cell.
What is mitochondria?
300
Using one or more of your senses to gather information.
What is observation?
300
Process by which an organism makes new organisms.
What is reproduction?
300
A group of organisms that can mate with each other and reproduce.
What is a species?
300
Before the invention of the microscope, people did not know this existed.
What is the cell.
300
The process by which water molecules move from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration.
What is osmosis?
400
Observations during an experiment are recorded on this.
What is a data table?
400
Things that are made of only one cell.
What are unicellular organisms?
400
Two part system using the genus and species.
What is scientific name or binomial nomenclature?
400
Controls the amount of light that passes through the microscope.
What is the diaphram?
400
The process by which a cell passes on copies of its DNA to new cells.
What is mitosis?
500
The steps taken to conduct an experiment.
What is procedure?
500
Ability to maintain stable internal conditions.
What is homeostasis?
500
A set of paired questions used to identify a species.
What is a dichotomous key or a taxonomic key?
500
Focuses the image under low power.
What is the coarse adjustment?
500
Process that uses protein carriers to transport molecules.
What is active transport?
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