Module 1 Flashcards
Variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment
Independent variable
Variable being tested and measured in a scientific experiment
Dependent
A kind of scientific method with general principle that are recognized as truths and proceeds to the formation of a particular conclusion
Deductive
This kind of scientific method starts with a particular idea or principle and proceeds to the formation of a general conclusion
Inductive
The general visible structures of animals as revealed by dissection
Gross Anatomy
The study of animal as a whole
Animal morphology
The study of microstructure of tissues
Animal histology
The study of the origin and differentiation of animal life
Evolution
The study of the living process and functions of parts of the animal body.
Animal physiology
The study of fossil animals and their distribution in time
Paleontology
The study of animal behavior
Ethology
The study of the development and growth of the new individual within the egg or within the mother.
Animal embryology
The study of distribution of animals according to space and region.
Zoogeography
The study of the laws of heredity and variation
Genetics
The study of animal classification
Taxonomy
The study of the relationships of the animals to their environment
Ecology
The study of protozoans
Protozoology
The study of fishes
Ichthyology
The study of birds
Ornithology
Study of mollusks
Malacology
The study of man
Anthropology
The study of reptiles and amphibians
Herpetology
The study of parasites
Parasitology
The study of shells
Conchology
The study of hormone action
Endocrinology
The study of muscles
Myology
Study of cells
Cytology
Study of tissues
Histology
State of existence characterized by the total of bodily activities or function of an organism
Life
Groups of atoms; smallest unit of most chemical compound
Molecules
Smallest functional unit of life
Cells
An aggregation of similar cells or types of cells, together with any associated intercellular materials, adapted to perform one or more specific functions.
Tissue
A differentiated structure part of a system of the body; composed of tissues and cells; exercises specific functions
Organs
A consistent and complex whole composed of interrelated and interdependent parts
Organ system
Any living individual, whether plant or animal, considered as a whole
Organism
A group of the same kind of species in a particular area
Population
A group of two or more species’s populations living in a specific area
Community
The fundamental unit in ecology, compromising the living organisms and the nonliving elements that interact in a defined region
Ecosystem
The part of the earth that contains living organisms or ecosystem
Biosphere
Arrangement of distinct but mutually dependent parts
Organization
The sum of all chemical and physical changes occuring in the body of an individual
Metabolism
The building up in the body of complex chemical compound from simpler forms
Anabolism
The breaking down in the body of complex chemical compound into simpler forms
Catabolism
The increase in the size or number of living being or any of it’s parts occuring in the process of development
Growth
The ability of the organism produces offspring of the same kind
Reproduction
The act or process of natural progression in physical and psychological maturation from embryonic state to a complex adult stage.
Development
React to the changes in the body
Irritability (response to stimuli/environment)
Maintains stable internal condition
Homeostasis
An advantageous change of an organism (structure, function, behavior( to enhance the ability to survive in the environment
Adaptation
A continuing process of change from one state, condition. This change occurs through time
Evolution
Change in position of location
Movement
Changes of structure to specialized one
Differentiation
Harmonious function of interrelated structures
Coordination
Control of the rate of process
Regulation
Mechanical, chemical, enzymatic process to convert complex food substance
Digestion
Process of eliminating waste product
Excretion
