Vocab 1
This is the study of life
What is Biology?
Group that experiences no manipulation in an experiment
What is the Control Group?
Anything that has mass and takes up space or has volume.
What is Matter?
What is the study of interactions between living and nonliving things?
What is Ecology?
This experiment taught us the grammar of the tool used for inspecting cells at a magnified level.
What is Introduction to the Microscope?
A factor that changes in an experiment.
What is a Variable?
Group that is manipulated in an experiment.
What is the Experimental group?
A mixture of solutes dissolved in a solvent.
What is a Solution?
A substances that alters the speed of a chemical reaction but is not used in the process.
What is a catalyst?
This experiment led us to find which solution was more alkaline vs acidic.
What is the "How Effective is your Antacid?"
This is a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge, experience, or evidence.
What is an Inference?
An abrupt and marked change in the DNA of an organism compared to that of its parents.
What is Mutation?
Any substance in which other substances are dissolved. e.g. water
What is a Solvent?
The linking of all the food changes in an ecosystem together?
What is a Food Web?
This experiment showed us the results of sunlight on carbon dioxide.
What is Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect?
The variable manipulated by the experimenter, or 'cause'
What is an Independent Variable?
Maintenance of stable internal conditions.
What is Homeostasis?
A dissolved substance. e.g. baking soda
What is a Solute?
A close relationship between two or more species where at least one benefits.
What is Symbiosis?
Which experiment taught us about density-dependent limiting factors?
What is How Does Competition Affect Plant Growth?
The variable responding to the manipulated variable, or 'effect'
What is the Dependent Variable?
Idea that long ago, very simple life forms spontaneously appeared through chemical reaction.
What is Abiogenesis?
Breaking down complex molecules by the chemical addition of water.
What is Hydrolysis?
An organism's role in its ecosystem.
What is a Niche?
This experiment showed us the effects of denaturation.
What is the Fragility of an Enzyme?