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Science qt 1
assessment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hypothesis | a possible explanation that can be tested with an experiment |
| Stimulus | something that causes a response |
| Response | how an organism reacts to a stimulus |
| Homestasis | the process of maintaining life internal enviroment |
| Organism | an idividual form of life |
| Mitosis | the process of cell division where the nucleus divides into two nuclei |
| Cell | the smallest unit of a living thing |
| Independent Variable | a variable that you believe might influence another variable |
| Dedendent Variable | the variable that you believe is influence by the independent variable |
| Control | the variables you keep the same in an experiment |
| Photosynthesis | a process where plants use the energy of sun light to produce carbo hydrates |
| Cellular Respiration | the process in which the chemical bonds of energy rich molecules are converted into a form of energy that cells can use |
| Osmosis | the diffusion of water across the cell membrane |
| Diffusion | the movement of molecules from areas of greater concentration to areas of lesser concentration |
| Active Transport | a process that allows molecules to move across the cell membrane from lower to higher concentrations |