MODULE 1 VOCAB

Question 1

What is an Atom?

Answer 1

Smallest unit of matter, made of three subatomic particles: protons, neutrons, and electrons

Question 2

what is a bar graph?

Answer 2

a type of graph used to display discrete data (limited number of possible values between points)

Question 3

What is Bias?

Answer 3

a human phenomenon that can affect or interfere with the results of the experiment

Question 4

What is biology?

Answer 4

scientific study of life

Question 5

Biosphere

Answer 5

The sum of ALL ecosystems on the planet

Question 6

What is a cell?

Answer 6

basic unit of life, composed of a cell membrane, cytoplasm, genetic material, and usually organelles

Question 7

what is a community?

Answer 7

populations of all different species living together in a particular geographical area such as humans, moss, deer, etc

Question 8

What is a conclusion?

Answer 8

a statement based on the experiment to show if the results support the hypothesis or not

Question 9

what is a consumer?

Answer 9

consumers eat other organisms for food such as a bunny or a cow or humans

Question 10

what is a continuous data?

Answer 10

data that has an infinite number of possible values between points such as temperature

Question 11

what is a control group?

Answer 11

a group in which the investigator does not apply the treatment to

Question 12

What is a decomposer?

Answer 12

decomposers break down dead materials such as mushrooms on dead trees or worms on rotten food

Question 13

what is a dependent variable?

Answer 13

what is measured to determine the effect of the independent variable. The dependent variable depends on the independent variable.

Question 14

what is discrete data?

Answer 14

data that has a limited amount of units between points such as tree varieties

Question 15

what is dna?

Answer 15

genetic material in living organisms

Question 16

what is an ecosystem?

Answer 16

community of living organisms linked together with the nonliving environment

Question 17

what is an eukaryote

Answer 17

an organism that has a nucleus

Question 18

what is evolution?

Answer 18

change that happens in genetic material of a population over time

Question 19

what is an experiment?

Answer 19

a study/investigation to test a hypothesis

Question 20

what is homeostasis?

Answer 20

ability of an organism to control its internal conditions by reacting to its environment

Question 21

what is a hypothesis?

Answer 21

an educated guess made before the experiment, may not be correct

Question 22

what is an independent variable

Answer 22

a variable in an experiment controlled by the investigator such as temperature in a room, amount of water

Question 23

what is a line graph

Answer 23

a graph used to display continuous data

Question 24

what is metabolism

Answer 24

process in the body that changes food into energy

Question 25

what is a molecule

Answer 25

a group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds that happens when atoms share or exchange electrons

Question 26

what is an observation

Answer 26

when something is watched or studied in order to learn something about it

Question 27

what is an organ system

Answer 27

a group of organs that work together to perform one or more functions such as the cardiovascular system circulating blood

Question 28

what is an organelle

Answer 28

a specialized structure within a cell that performs specific functions such as the nucleus storing genetic material

Question 29

what is an organism

Answer 29

a living thing

Question 30

what is placebo effect

Answer 30

when the health of someone or something "improves" after taking something or receiving treatment that no known benefits were disclosed

Question 31

what is a population

Answer 31

a group of organisms of the same species living in a particular geographical area such as humans living on planet earth

Question 32

what is a prediction

Answer 32

an expected outcome of an experiment or study

Question 33

what is a prefix

Answer 33

the word that is placed before the word root to modify its meaning

Question 34

what is a producer

Answer 34

an organism that makes their own food such as plants

Question 35

what is a prokaryote

Answer 35

organisms that have DNA but no nucleus such as bacteria and archaea

Question 36

what is a standardized variable

Answer 36

factors kept equal in all treatments

Question 37

what is a subatomic particle

Answer 37

particle that is smaller than atoms such as protons

Question 38

what is a suffix

Answer 38

the word part that is plaed at the END of a word to modify its meaning

Question 39

what is a theory

Answer 39

an explanation for a phenomenon supported by a wide variety of evidence

Question 40

what is tissue

Answer 40

a group of similar cells that together perform specific functions such as muscle tissue contracting to generate movement

Question 41

what are variables

Answer 41

any trait, condition, or factor

Question 42

what is a word root

Answer 42

main part of a word that contains fundamental meaning of the word

Question 43

what is the x axis

Answer 43

horizontal line on a graph