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1st Benchmark Review
Question | Answer |
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The act of following the steps of an experiment | Trial |
The basic unit of volume in the metric system | Liter |
The basic unit of mass in the metric system | Grams |
The basic unit of length in the metric system | Meters |
The variable the scientist changes in an experiment | Independent Variable |
Factors that are kept the same in an experiment | Constants |
The variable that is being measured in an experiment | Dependent Variable |
The brain of the cell | Nucleus |
This part of the cell is selectively permeable | Cell Membrane |
Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in an organism. All living things are made of cells. Cells come from other cells | Cell Theory |
Looked at cork under the microscope | Robert Hooke |
Looked at pond water | Anton van Leewuenhook |
Said all animals are made of cells | Theodore Schwann |
Said all plants are made of cells | Matthais Schlieden |
Said cells only come from other cells | Rudolf Virchow |
Chromosomes line up in the middle | Metaphase |
Chromosomes are pulled apart | Anaphase |
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telaphase | Mitosis |
The cell grows, makes a copy of its DNA and prepares to divide | Interphase |
Cell with a nucleus | Eukaryote |
Cell without a nucleus | Prokaryote |
Cells, Tissues, Organs, Organ System, Organism | Levels of organization |
Most basic unit of structure and function (life) in an organism | Cell |
A possible explanation for a set of observations | Hypothesis |
Water, energy, living space, homeostasis | Needs of Living things |
The mistaken idea that living things come from nonliving things | Spontaneous Generation |
The factor that scientists use to compare their results to | Control |
The maintanance of stable internal conditions | Homeostasis |
The energy source for all life on earth is | the sun |
Supports and protects the plant cell | Cell Wall |
Produces energy for the cell | Mitochondria |
Captures sunlight for plant cells | Chloroplast |
Produces protiens | Ribosomes |
Single-celled organisms | Unicellular |
Stores food, water, and waste | Vacuole |
Organism composed of many cells | Multicellular |
The chromosomes appear and the nucleus disappears | Prophase |
Pigment that makes plants green | Chlorophyll |
Lets some things in and others can't | Selectively Permeable |