Life Science
when the body, or parts of the body are balanced, stable
what is homeostasis?
the sphere in which contains living organisms such as plants and animals
what is biosphere?
energy in motion
what is kinetic energy?
isn't experimented on, used to compare to results of an experiment
what is control?
thought of the idea of atoms, but had no proof of it
who is Democritus
formal naming of living organisms. composed of genus and species
what is taxonomic ranks?
formed at a convergent boundary between an oceanic and continental plate
what is volcano?
simplest pure substance
what is element?
a reasonable explanation for an event or phenomena, supported by some sot of evidence, can be changed with new supported evidence
what is a theory?
who arranged the periodic table by atomic mass (similar to the periodic table we use today)
who is Dmitri Mendeleeve?
cell structure that makes protein, floats within the cytoplasm
what is the ribosome?
type of rock that's formed through the cooling and solidification of magma
what is igneous rock?
gravitational force, magnetic force, electrical forces are all
what is noncontact forces?
information gathered by using your one of five senses
what is an observation?
known for his three laws of motion
who is Isaac Newton?
formal naming species of living things, composed of genus and species
what is Binomial nomenclature?
name of former super continent, when the land was one and not scattered
what is Pangaea?
energy is not created or destroyed, it can be be transformed into different forms
what is Law of conservation of energy?
an educated guess with if.. and then..
what is a hypothesis?
famous for putting forward the idea of continental drift
who is Alfred Wegener?
cell division that results in four daughter cells with half the number of chromosomes of a parent cell
the effect where a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and its axis of rotations ; effect ocean currents and wind directions
what is coriolis effect?
formed when an atom loses or gains an electron
what is an ion?
where the dependent variable is located on a graph
what is the y- axis?
introduced the concept of isotopes
who is Frederick Sodd?