Scientific Method Cells Chemistry Lab Equipment Miscellaneous Vocabulary
100
What is a hypothesis?
An educated guess about the relationship between variables
100
Who is Robert Hooke?
He may have written about his observations using a light microscope as , "these small units I see are similar to the rooms in which monks have lived, so I will therefore name them cells."
100
What is 0-14?
Range of the pH scale
100
What is a meniscus?
The line used when measuring liquids, as seen in a graduated cylinder for example
100
What is its density? (less dense as a solid)
A property of water that protects aquatic organisms during the winter
200
What is the independent variable?
The variable that the individual or "I" change during the experiment
200
What is a prokaryote?
Type of cell without a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles
200
What is hydrogen?
Type of bond seen between the positive end of one water molecule and the negative end of another water molecule
200
What is the eye piece and the objective lens?
The two parts of the microscope used to determine total magnification
200
What is a carbohydrate?
Type of macromolecule produced during photosynthesis
300
What is qualitative?
Type of descriptive data using the 5 senses
300
What is a vacuole?
Seen as a larger, central organelle in plant cells, due to the fact that a plant must store its products from photosynthesis
300
What is capillary action?
Plants must use water to undergo photosynthesis. This water property is seen when water travels up through the xylem from the plants' roots to its leaves
300
What is the coarse adjustment knob?
This part of the microscope should only be used to make adjustments when the microscope is set to the lowest setting
300
What is homeostasis?
An example of this is seen in most vertebrates - their body must maintain a certain concentration of glucose to properly function
400
What is an inference?
An assumption or guess about past or future events based on prior knowledge
400
What are Eubacteria and Archaebacteria?
Two kingdoms containing prokaryotes
400
What is polar?
Term describing water's unevenly distributed charge - the reason why it has so many special properties
400
What is a beaker or graduated cylinder?
A lab tool used to measure volume
400
What are amino acids?
Building blocks of proteins
500
What is a law?
Statement based on many repeated results that describes some aspect of the world
500
What is cellulose?
Makes up the cell wall in plants
500
What is high heat capacity?
This water property is seen when looking at temperatures across coastal regions, or any land mass adjacent to water - it shows cooler regions near water in the summer and warmer regions near water in the winter
500
What is a cover slip?
Besides a glass slide, the specimen, pipette, and water, what else is needed to properly prepare a wet mount slide? (as you did when looking at your cheek cells)
500
What is a nucleic acid?
Type of macromolecule found in chromosomes






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