Ooga Booga Exam 1 Flashcards
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
Anything that occupies space and has mass is called
Matter
What is a pure substance made of two or more elements chemically combined
A compound
The number of protons in an atom best describes its
Atomic number
What is the smallest unit of an element
The atom
Pure substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by ordinary chemical reactions
Element
What are the three particles that make up an atom
Protons neutrons and electrons
The space surrounding the nucleus of an atom contains
Electrons
Element with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons
Isotope
When atoms share electrons what type of bonding is this
Covalent bonding
The attraction between oppositely charged ions is called an
Ionic bond
What are the two basic components of the universe
Matter and energy
What is the ability to do work
Energy
What is the first law of thermodynamics
The law of conservation of matter - matter cannot be created nor destroyed
What is the activation energy
The energy required to start a chemical reaction
What are the compounds that serve as organic catalysts that speed up chemical reactions
Enzymes
The net movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration of a substance to an area of lower concentration of a substance is called
Diffusion
A reaction that absorbs heat
Endothermic