Vocabulary
An instrument that produces enlarged images of objects.
Microscope
Although they don't always follow the same order, Scientists usually start with this phase of the scientific method.
Observation
The percentage of oxygen that microscopic producers give to our atmosphere.
about 50 %
About how much percentage of the water that evaporates on Earth comes from the ocean?
85%
This type of microscope uses two or more lenses and a light source to magnify objects.
Compound light microscope
What we call any form of water that falls to earth.
Precipitation
The final phase of the scientific method
conclusion
Some protists produce their own food through photosynthesis, while other protists get their food in this way.
By Eating other microscopic organisms.
This powers the water cycle.
Energy from the Sun
Nitrogen makes these which are the building materials for muscles, bones and blood.
proteins
A process in which decomposers break down organic matter so it can be used as natural fertilizer.
Composting
Which phase of the scientific method is missing:
Observation > Question > __________ > experiment > Conclusion
Hypothesis
The name of the small, hairlike projections found on all protists.
cilia
Carbon enters the atmosphere in three ways. When plants or animals decay, when fossil fuels are burned, and which other way?
When animals breathe out or "exhale"
These have no cell walls but can find and eat food.
protozoans
Microscopic organisms that have a simple cell structure without a nucleus in each cell.
Prokaryotes
It is suggested to change or control only one of these at a time during the testing phase of an experiment.
Variable
This group of protists have "false feet" and include hundreds of species of amoebas
pseudopods
This is left behind after ocean water evaporates.
Salt
This name is given to photosynthetic microorganisms that float in oceans and lakes.
phytoplankton
The two names given to the usable compounds created by bacteria and absorbed by plants which use them to make proteins.
Nitrates and Nitrites
What scientists must do with their data that is collected and recorded in order to help them draw conclusions.
interpret
The most commonly used type of electron microscope.
scanning electron microscope
The process of water soaking into the ground and being stored as groundwater is called what?
Collection
This is the name given to the buildup of gasses, trapping them in the atmosphere, which in turn raises the temperatures on Earth.
The Greenhouse Effect