Nature of Science
Cells
Genetics
Plants
Ecology
100
a proposed scientific explanation for a set of observations (an "educated guess")
What is a hypothesis
100
cells that do not contain a nucleus
What is prokaryotic
100
worked with garden peas and was considered the father of genetics
What is Gregor Mendel
100
part of the plant where photosynthesis occurs
What is the leaves
100
the living factors in an ecosystem
What is biotic factors
200
an experiment in which one variable is changed at a time and all other variables are left unchanged
What is a controlled experiment
200
cells that do contain a nucleus
What is eukaryotic
200
diagram used to predict the outcome of genetic crosses
What is a Punnett Square
200
tissue system in plants that transports materials
What is vascular tissue
200
a group of ecosystems that have the same climate and similar communities
What is a biome
300
when a hypothesis becomes so well supported it is referred to as this
What is a theory
300
surrounds all cells
What is cell membrane
300
the different forms of a gene
What is alleles
300
another name for flowering plants
What is angiosperms
300
a diagram used to show all the feeding relationships in an ecosystem
What is a food web
400
an instrument that produces images by focusing light rays
What is a light microscope
400
organelle where photosynthesis takes place
What is chloroplast
400
the likelihood that a particular event will occur
What is probability
400
another name for nonvascular plants
What is bryophytes
400
organisms that rely on other organisms for their energy and food supply
What is heterotrophs
500
a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge or experience
What is an inference
500
organelle where cellular respiration takes place
What is mitochondria
500
an organism that has two different alleles for a trait
What is heterozygous
500
part of the flower where pollen grains are produced
What is anthers
500
a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other neither benefits nor is harmed
What is commensalism