Characteristics of Life
The study of life
What is Biology
The study of interactions of organisms with each other and their environment
What is Ecology
An organized approach to science
What is the Scientific Method
Increase of an object's apparent size
What is magnification
The maintenance of a stable internal condition
What is Homeostasis
Process by which organisms with favorable traits are more likely to survive & reproduce
What is natural selection
Set of confirmed hypotheses
What is a theory
The ability to show detail clearly
What is resolution
Chemical reactions in the body to convert or use energy
What is metabolism
Organisms have been classified into three major subdivisions called
What is domains
The factor that can change in response to the independent variable
What is the dependent variable
The eyepiece is also called
What is the Ocular lens
The smallest unit that can perform all of life's processes
What is a cell
The hereditary material in most living things
What is DNA
The variable that the experimenter changes
What is the independent variable
What the objective lens is attached to
What is the revolving nosepiece
Contain the instructions for traits
What are genes
A diagram of the relationships of the ancestry of all organisms
What is a Phylogenetic Tree
A proposed explanation for the way a particular aspect of the natural world functions
Ocular lens x the Objective lens
What is total magnification