The Nature Of Life Flashcards
1
Q
Spontaneous Generation
A
The idea of life arising from nonliving life
2
Q
Controlled Experiment
A
In which one variable is changed at a time and all other variables should be kept unchanged
3
Q
Manipulated Variable
A
The variable that is deliberately changed
4
Q
Levels of Organization
A
- Biosphere
- Ecosystem
- Community
- Population
- Organism
- Groups of Cells
- Cells
- Molecules
5
Q
Compound Light Microscope
A
Allows light to pass through the specimen and use two lenses to form an image
6
Q
Electron Microscope
A
Use beams of electrons rather than light, to produce images
7
Q
Cell Fractionation
A
Separate different cell parts
