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Science experiment/activity terms
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE
KINGDOMS
CLASSIFYING ORGANISMS
CELLS
100
The steps you follow to perform an experiment...
What is the PROCEDURE ?
100
The smallest unit of life.
CELL
100
There are this many kingdoms.
What is 5 ?
100
Single-celled, found almost everywhere, including the deep sea and human stomach..
What is BACTERIA (monera)?
100
The cell’s “brain”, or the location of the cell’s chemical information
What is the NUCLEUS ?
200
A scientific guess is this.
What is your HYPOTHESIS?
200
Things that have all the characteristics of life are called these.
What are ORGANISMS ?
200
Mushrooms are part of this kingdom.
What is FUNGI ?
200
A group of similar species
What is GENUS ?
200
The cell’s “powerhouse”, or the organelle that creates energy for the cell
What is Mitochondria ?
300
Another word for the information you gather is this.
What is DATA?
300
The process by which one organism makes one or more new organisms
What is REPRODUCTION ?
300
Another name for the kingdom including bacteria
What is MONERA?
300
The naming system that gives each organism a 2 word scientific name.
What is BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE ?
300
The protective outer structure of the cell.
What is the Cell membrane?
400
The "things" you use to perform the experiment are these.
What are MATERIALS ?
400
The changes that occur in an organism during its lifetime are called this.
What is DEVELOPMENT ?
400
Part of the animal kingdom, these animals have backbones made of cartilage or bone.
What are VERTEBRATES ?
400
In the 1700s this Swedish physician and botanist classified organisms based on similar structures.
Who was LINNAEUS?
400
The place where food and nutrients for the cell are stored
What is the Vacuole ?
500
"What you see happening" during an experiment are these.
What are your OBSERVATIONS?
500
An organism’s ability to maintain steady internal conditions when outside conditions change.
What is HOMEOSTASIS?
500
Can be single-celled or multicellular; include protozoa, red algae, slime molds, and water molds.
What is PROTISTA?
500
A branched diagram that shows the relationship among organisms, including common ancestors.
What is a CLADOGRAM?
500
Gel-like material between the cell nucleus and membrane
What is the Cytoplasm ?