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Science Exam 4th Period 12/19/12

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Observing   Using your senses to analyze something  
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Inferring   To guess/predict  
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Stating   Giving/saying FACTS  
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Prediction   Guess/what you think will happen  
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Quantitative   Description using numbers  
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Qualitative   Description using characteristics  
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Scientific Inquiry   Process scientists use to answer a question/problem  
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Problem   A question a scientist has that he/she uses a scientific inquiry to figure out.  
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Hypothesis   First step in scientific method. Educated guess based on observations.  
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Procedure   The instructions for the experiment.  
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Data   The items of information that you collect from the experiment.  
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Results   The answer to the problem/question  
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Conclusion   A summary of the results you collect from the experiment  
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Variables   Factors that influence the outcome of an experiment  
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Manipulating   The variable that you change in the experiment; independent  
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Responding   The variable that changes as a result of the manipulating; dependent  
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Control   Do not change; constant variable  
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Communication Results   Sharing your results  
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Technology   Changes the way people live, how people modify things to meet needs  
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Engineer   A person who is trained to use technology and science to solve problems  
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Kilo   1000  
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Hecto   100  
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Deca   10  
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Unit   1  
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Deci   1/10th  
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Centi   1/100th  
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Milli   1/1000th  
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What do grams measure?   Mass  
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What do liters measure?   Volume  
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What do cubic centimeters measure?   Volume  
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What do millimeters measure?   Length/distance  
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What do kilograms measure?   Mass  
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What do meters measure?   Length/Distance  
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Biotic   Living  
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Abiotic   Non-Living  
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Dichotomous Key   Method of categorizing using choices  
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Botany   Study of plants  
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Binomial Nomenclature   System of naming species; genus first, species second  
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Taxonomy   Science of classifying  
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Classification   Organization  
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Domain   First level of classification hierarchy  
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Classification Hierarchy   Levels of classification of species  
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Cell Theory   All living things are composed of cells. Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things. New cells are produced from existing cells.  
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Cell   A unit that all organisms are made up of  
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Unicellular   An organism with only one cell  
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Prokaryotic   Among tiniest of cells. Lack Membrane bound nucleus and organelle. Unicellular.  
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Eukaryotic   10x larger then pro. Have nucleus and membrane bound organelles  
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Multicellular   An organism made up of more than one cells  
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Spontaneous Generation   A generation popping up spontaneously.  
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Plasmid   A circular loop where genetic information is stored  
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Capsule   Protects bacterial cell  
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Cell Wall   The outer layer of the cell that protects it  
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Plasma Membrane   Determines what comes in and out of the cell  
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Ribosome   Help make protein  
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Nucleoid   Contains part of prokaryotic cell DNA  
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Pili   Found on surface of bacteria  
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Flagella   Moves around outer layer of cell  
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DNA   Nucleic acid that carries genetic information  
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Cytoplasm   Cell substance  
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Organelle   Structure within a cell that performs a specific function  
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Nucleus   "Boss" Conducts all cell functions  
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ER   Transportation of cell materials  
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Centriole   Found near nucleus  
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Golgi Apparatus   Where proteins go after they have been made  
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Cytoskeleton   Network of protein filaments and microtubles in the cytoplasm  
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Mitochondria   Power source for cell  
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Lysosomes   Cleans and disinfects  
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Vacuole   Storage Site  
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Chloroplasts   Organelle that carries out photosynthesis  
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Peroxisomes   Break down and produce hydrogen peroxide  
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Chromosome Theory   Theory that genes are located on chromosomes  
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Chromosome   Genetic material of the cell  
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Chromatin   Substance of the nucleus consisting of DNA, RNA, and other proteins  
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Chromatid   Daughter strands of chromosomes  
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Nucleosomes   Contains DNA  
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Autosomes   22 Pairs, 44 + 2 = 46 in all  
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Sec Chromosomes   X or Y, determines sex of offspring  
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DNA Replication   Process of making an identical copy  
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Mitosis   When most cells reproduce  
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Stages of Mitosis   In order they are prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase  
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Asexual Reproduction   An organism capable of reproducing without a mate  
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Prophase   First stage, when chromosomes become visible  
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Metaphase   Second stage, when chromosomes become attached to spindle fibers  
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Anaphase   Third stage, when the chromosomes separate  
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Telophase   Fourth stage, when the chromosomes go to the separate ends of the nuclei  
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Adenine   Thymine  
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Thymine   Adenine  
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Guanine   Cytosine  
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Cytosine   Guanine  
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Carolus Linnaeus   Creator of binomial nomenclature  
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Zacharias Jansen   Gets credit for first microscope in 1595  
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Robert Hooke   Described and named cells  
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek   Created compound microscope  
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Galileo   Worked out principals of lenses. Made focusing device  
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Louis Pasteur   Invented heat process called pasteurization that helps kill bacteria  
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Francesco Redi   Credited with creating the controlled experiment  
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Matthias Schlieden   Discovered plants are made of cells  
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Theodor Schwann   Created cell theory, animals are made of cells  
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Rudolph Virchow   Studied diseases  
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Max Knott, Ernst Ruska   Invented electron microscope  
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Watson and Crick   Credited for discovering shape of DNA (double helix) (relied on other scientists)  
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Rosalind Franklin   Studies x-ray images of DNA. Crick and Watson stole her idea that the shape of DNA is a double Helix.  
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Walther Flemming   Discovered chromosomes  
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Walter Sutton   First scientist to provide evidence that chromosomes carry the cell's unit of inheritance  
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Science   Study of why and how things happen  
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First scientists   Romans  
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What does a scientist do when they make a discovery?   They publish it  
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Scientific method   The way to find the answer to a scientific method  
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