Chapter 1-2 Flashcards
Science
Knowledge
Observation
Gathering information
Data
Information
Inference
Prior knowledge
Hypothesis
An educated guess
Spontaneous generation
Life from non life
Controlled experiment
One variable changed
Manipulated variable
Deliberately changed
Responding variable
change in manipulated variable
Theory
Well supported hypothesis
Biology
Study of life
Cell
Smallest unit of life
Sexual reproduction
Two parents
Asexual reproduction
One parent
Metabolism
Breaking down/building up
Stimulus
Response signal
Homeostasis
Eternal condition stays constant
Evolution
Change
Metric system
A decimal measurement system
Microscope
See small things
Compound light microscopes
Uses light to see
Election microscopes
Image made of electrons
Cell culture
One cell to many
Cell fractionation
To separate cell parts
Atoms
Matter