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Unit 1-IntroductionB
Biology first unit-List B
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Regulation | life process that involves responding to your environment |
| Reproduction | life process that involves producing new organisms |
| Synthesis | process that involves the production of new compounds |
| Homeostasis | maintaining a steady state as the environment changes |
| Ocular | microscope part that you look through |
| Magnification | the increase in size of a specimen as you look at it in a microscope |
| Resolution | focusing a specimen so it looks as clear as possible |
| Stage Diaphragm | part of a microscope that adjusts the amount of light |
| Coarse Adjustment | focusing knob you use in scanning or low power only |
| Microns (Micrometers) | a unit of length equal to .001 mm |
| Scientific name | identifies an organism by giving its genus and species names |
| Prokaryote | a small, very simple type of cell, like bacteria |
| Eukaryote | a large, complex type of cell, like any of a humans cells |
| Unicellular | containing only one cell |
| Multicellular | made up of many cells |
| Monera | the name for the kingdom of bacteria |