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100

the overarching narrative that a person uses to see and interpret the world

worldview

100

an idea that scientists use to explain the data that they have collected

theory

100

the structure that holds and protects the cell in a eukaryotic cell

nucleus

100

a cell with a nucleus

eukaryotic cell

100

prokaryotic cell

a cell without a nucleus

200

the science of sorting organisms into groups

taxonomy

200

the group in a controlled experiment that is exposed to the independent varible

experimental group

200

the group in a controlled experiment that is not exposed to the independent variable

control group

200

the study of applying moral principals to life

ethics

200

an explanation that is based on limited observations

hypothesis

300

a factor that changes in a controlled experiment

variable

300

an organisms ability to keep its internal processes stable

homeostasis

300

the study of life

life science

300

a test of the way that something works by examining the effects of one factor at a time

controlled experiment

300

an organism that makes its food using energy from its environment

autotroph

400

a unique name that identifies an organism created by combining the names of the genus and species

scientific name

400

using a variety of tools and skills to answer a question or solve a problem

scientific inquiry

400

an organism that gets energy be eating other organism

heterotroph

400

an idea that scientists use to describe what they observe

law

400

data

information that people collect

500

a simplified explanation, description, or representation of the world

model

500

organism

a living thing

500

data communicated using words and descriptions

qualitative data

500

cell

the smallest working unit of an organism

500

date communicated with numbers

quantitative data