Do What?
A person who conducts research, analyzes data, develops hypotheses, experiments, and/or communicates their findings.
Scientist
This type of cell has a cell wall and plastids, such as chloroplasts.
Plant Cell
Muscular, skeletal, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, endocrine, nervous, integumentary, reproductive, and immune.
Body Systems
Liquid Water -> Water Vapor
Evaporation
The capacity to do work.
Energy
An insect or other agent that conveys pollen to a plant thereby promoting fertilization.
Pollinator
Hereditary material for all living organisms, with the exception of some viruses wherein “living” is up for debate.
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
A proposed explanation for a phenomenon.
Hypothesis
This type of cell has cholesterol in the cell membrane and does not have a cell wall.
Animal Cell
This system transports blood, oxygen, and nutrients to all parts of the body.
Circulatory System
Water Vapor -> Liquid Water
Condensation
Energy associated with the movement of electrical charges.
Electric Energy
Localized communities of living organisms and their interactions within a specific area, found within biomes.
Ecosystem
The expressed traits of an organism.
Phenotype
Question -> Research -> Hypothesis -> Experiment -> Data Analysis -> Conclusion -> Communication.
Scientific Method
This separates the material outside the cell, extracellular, from the material inside the cell.
Cell Membrane
Muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones make up this system.
Musculoskeletal System
Water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail
Precipitation
Kinetic energy and potential energy fall under this category.
Mechanical Energy
A non-native organism whose introduction causes or is likely to cause environmental harm.
Invasive Species
Heritable traits or characteristics that enhance an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce.
Adaptation
A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.
Experiment
The control center of a cell. This determines how the cell will function, as well as the basic structure of the cell.
Nucleus
This organ filters blood, processes nutrients, and regulates chemical levels. Located on the right side of your body, below your lungs.
The Liver
Heat transfer via the motion of a fluid.
Convection
Energy that is produced by vibrations, audible by most people between 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz
Sound Energy
A gradual increase in the earth’s temperature, caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, CFCs, and other pollutants.
Global Warming
Individuals best suited for an environment survive longer, reproduce more, and pass on their genes.
Natural Selection
Someone who uses scientific principles and mathematical knowledge to design, build, and maintain. One of Ms. Luna’s previous jobs.
Engineer
A smaller structure within the nucleus that performs synthesis of ribosomal RNA (rRNA).
Nucleolus
This system controls and regulates the heart (and other involuntary functions of the body) using electric signals. It includes both parasympathetic and sympathetic fibers.
The Autonomic Nervous System
A type of heat transfer which can traverse a vacuum via electromagnetic waves. It does not require a medium to travel.
Radiation
The energy possessed by an object or system by virtue of its temperature.
Thermal Energy
A system of interlocking and independent food chains.
Food Web
Austrian scientist who studied peapods, leading to an understanding of inherited traits.
Gregor Mendel