Lab safety
Scientific Methodology
Grab Bag
Characteristics of Life (CoL)
Vocabulary
100

This type of shoe should be worn in the lab.

What is closed-toe shoe?
100

The trial to which no treatment is applied; the standard to which comparisons are made in an experiment

What is the control group?

100

The location of the phone in the classroom.

What is in the front right corner?

100

This CoL explains why humans sweat when they get hot.

What is maintain an internal balance (homeostasis)?

100

The combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials.

What is metabolism?

200

Long hair should be in this style while working in the lab.

What is pulled back / ponytail?
200

This is changed by the experimenter in the design of the experiment.

What is the independent variable 

200

Where completed late work goes.

What is in the black baskets on Mr. Walker's desk?

200

This CoL describes why our we look different in our baby pictures.

What is grow and develop?

200

A signal to which an organism responds.

What is a stimulus?

300

A piece of safety equipment to protect the eyes from splashes or other hazards. 

What are goggles?

300

This is what changes as a result of the change in the independent variable.

What is the dependent variable?

300

The best time to sharpen your pencil in this class.

What is before class begins/during the warm-up?

300

All living things are made up of ____.

What are cells? 

300

The macromolecule that is present in DNA and contains hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus.

What is nucleic acid?

400

The proper way to hold a microscope.

What is with two hands?

400

These variables can change the outcome of the experiment, so they must remain the same in each trial. 

What is the constants or controlled variables?

400

The names of either Mr. Walker's or Ms. Kruk's dog?

What is Lyla or Beau?

400

This CoL describes why sunflowers change position based upon the movement of the sun.

What is response to environment?
400

A nonliving particle that cannot reproduce on its own and invades cells as a parasite. 

What is a virus?

500

A document that includes all the important information about a chemical.

What is the MSDS? 

500

___ data are numbers; ___ data are descriptions

What is quantitative; What is qualitative

500
The gender of Mr. Walker's baby. ($10 bonus: Mr. Walker's baby's name.)

What is a male? 

500

This CoL describes the blueprint of life present in all cells

What is based on a universal genetic code?

500

A reproductive process that includes only one parent that produces a genetically identical offspring.

What is asexual reproduction?