Ooga Booga Exam 1 Flashcards
(103 cards)
Mankind exercising wise dominion over all creation
Creation mandate
Recorded information from an experiment or survey is called
Data
What is the first thing you do using the scientific method
Define the problem
What is an educated guess
Hypothesis
The group not exposed to the independent variable is the
Control group
What is the only difference between the control group and the experimental group
The independent variable
What is the study of life
Biology
The idea that organisms come to life from non-living organisms
Spontaneous generation
The variable added to the experimental group
Independent variable
What is the variable present in both groups
Dependent variable
The eyepiece of a microscope is also Called
The ocular
Which part of the microscope changes the amount of light able to pass through
The diaphragm
One of the lenses on a revolving nosepiece so the magnification of the specimen can be varied is called
Objective
Who is the father of microscopy
Anton von Leeuwenhoek
What is a simple microscope
Has one lense
What microscope has two sets of lenses
Compound light microscope
What is the backbone of the microscope that supports the body tube
Arm
What is the large knob on each side of the microscope that moves the body tube and quickly focuses on the specimen
Coarse adjustment knob
Small knobs that produce a sharp focus
Fine adjustment knobs
What are the two basic types of electron microscopes
Transmission and scanning
Used to obtain surface images of structures or organisms rather than internal structures
Scanning electron microscope
Used to look at internal structures
Transmission electron microscope
An atom having a negative or positive charge is called a
Ion
What are the subatomic particles found in the nucleus
Protons neutrons and electrons