Final Flashcards
Steps of the scientific method
Observation, problem statement, hypothesis, experiment, conclusion
Planned way to test a hypothesis and find out the answer to the problem statement
Experiment
Something in an experiment that changes
Variable
Visible or provable fact
Observation
When you think of animals as humans
Anthropomorphism
Who are animal rights activists number one target
Farm animal ag
Characteristics of the cells
Smallest unit of living system, holds the blueprints of how an animal is put together, viral to all life functions, can reproduce, can change the physical form of an animal
Viruses can be as small as ____
20 nanometers
Organelle that is responsible for holding all the genetic info of blueprints
Nucleus
Help build proteins; organelle but doesn’t have a membrane
Ribosomes
Sort and package proteins from the ER
Golgi apparatus
Site of ATP production from respiration and where food molecules are broken down to release energy
Mitochondria
Media for transporting intercellular substances, contains storage vacuoles and vesicles to store nutrients and waste, contains enzymes needed for metabolic reactions
Cytoplasm
Determine the hereditary characteristics of animals; transmitted to the offspring from parents
Genes
Contains 2 different genes for the same trait
Heterozygous
Contains 2 identical genes for the same trait
Homozygous