Recording Observations Flashcards

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1
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Recording your observations in words is called what?

A

A description

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A description consists of what about the organism?

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Its features and/or characteristics.

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Give 3 characteristics of a gold fish.

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breaths under water, has gold scales, doesn’t have teeth, has two eyes.

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Observations often include drawings. What two types of drawings are most often used?

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1.) True to Nature Drawing
2.) Schematic Drawing

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What is a true to Nature drawing?

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You draw very precisely what you see and you show all the details.

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What is a Schmetic drawing?

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you only draw important parts of an organism. A schematic drawing of an oak leaf shows the characteristics of all oak leafs.

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If you want to observe the inside of a piece of fruit, you would cut it one of two ways. What are they?

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lengthwise or crosswise. In biology, this is called a longitudinal section and a cross-section

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You examine a piece of skin under the microscope. You use an eyepiece lens that magnifies 10 times and an objective that magnifies 20 times. You make a schematic drawing.
What magnification do you include at your drawing?

A

200
You calculate the magnification of the microscope by multiplying the magnification of the eyepiece lens with the objective used.

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