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1st Benchmark Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |