Scientific Method
A tool used by scientists to look closely at something that might be difficult to see with the naked eye.
Microscope
Animals that kill and eat other animals.
Carnivores
The three main ideas in cell theory.
1. All living things are made up of one or more cells.
2. Cells are the basic building block of all living things.
3. All cells come from other cells.
The name of the monk who was the first to make observations and conclusions about genetics. As the "father of genetics," he really wants you to eat your peas!
Gregor Mendel
Occurs in all organisms and results in two identical daughter cells.
Mitosis
The standard system of measurement used by scientists. It is understood and accepted world-wide and is based on a scale of multiples of ten.
Metric System
The collection of individuals of the same species living in a specific space.
Population
Cell Nucleus
The visible traits represented by an organism's genotype.
Phenotype
The steps of mitosis represented by the mnemonic "I Peed on The MAT."
Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
The organized set of investigative procedures that scientists use when designing and experiment.
Scientific Method
The six levels of organization in the living environment in order from smallest to largest.
Species, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
Small and simple cells that lack a true nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.
Prokaryotes
The simple calculation that geneticists can do on a piece of paper to try to determine the likelihood of specific traits appearing in the offspring of two parents.
Punnett Square
The term for the period between active mitosis or meiosis when the nucleus has already divided and the rest of the cell is completing cell division.
Cytokinesis
When writing a lab report, it is important to be specific and consistent with your methods and measurements, in case another scientist wants to _________________________________.
The process of an ecosystem forming in a place where there was previously only rock.
Primary Succession
The organelle found in all eukaryotic cells that tends to be visibly larger in plant cells than animal cells. It functions as storage for the cell.
Vacuole
Homozygous Dominant
The name of the organelle that is responsible for copying strands of DNA in between cycles of mitosis or meiosis.
Ribosomes
A logical explanation proposed by scientists that is based on data and not a guess. It has not been proven true, but has also not been proven false.
Scientific Theory
The natural tendency of organisms to maintain a stable existence, both internally and in relationship with the surrounding environment.
Homeostasis
The kind of cellular transport that requires the cell to use energy to complete.
Active Transport
When a homozygous dominant parent reproduces with a heterozygous parent for blonde hair, the percentage of their offspring that are likely to have blonde hair.
100%
Mutation