Microscope
provides a large image of an object
What is a microscope
the basic unit of life
What is a cell?
involves using your SENSES to study the world but it may also involve other tools
What is Observation?
the process of determining the DIMENSIONS of something using a standard unit in order to gather quantitative data
the study and comparison of genomes both within and across species
What is genomics?
Used to observe large/whole objects
What is a Stereomicroscope?
A segment of DNA that stores genetic information
What is a gene?
a proposed explanation for a wide range of observations and experimental results that
What is a THEORY?
A SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURE undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis or demonstrate an unknown fact
What is an EXPERIMENT?
the study and manipulation of DNA on a molecular level
What is Molecular Genetics?
Used to observe very small living thin objects
What is a Compound Light Microscope?
any individual living thing
What is an organism?
A proposed answer for a scientific question
What is a HYPOTHESIS?
A DETAILED and NUMBERED list
What is a MATERIAL LIST?
an inherited trait that gives an advantage to individual organisms and is passed on to future generations
What is Adaptation?
Uses electron beam to magnify very thin slices of objects
What is an Electron Microscope?
what happens when organisms reproduce and pass their genetic material to their offspring
What is DNA?
When the conditions DO NOT change during an experiment
What are CONSTANTS?
the change in living things over time
What is evolution?
A condition that is MANIPULATED or CHANGED by a scientist
What is an INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?
refers to the sum of all the chemical reactions in your body
What is metabolism?
Observations that can be analyzed
What is DATA?
ASKING a testable Question or stating a problem related to the observation or introduction
What is QUESTIONING?
an organized group of related parts that interact to form a whole