Science Vocabularies

The study of life

Biology: Is the study of living things and once living things.

Light Microscope: Light passes through the object being looked at and then through two more lenses.

Stereo Microscope: Is used for viewinglarge objects and things through which light cannot pass.

Internactional System of Unit: Is the measurement based on unit of 10.

Meter: The SI unit of lenght.

Volume: Is the amount of space a substance ocuppies.

Kilogram: The SI unit of mass.

Celsius: The scale with which scientists measure temperature.

Scientific Method: Serie of steps use to solve problems.

Hypothesis: A statement that can be tested.

Experiment: Testing the Hypothesis using a series of steps with controlled conditions.

Variable: Is something that cause the changes observed in a experiment.

Control: Is a standard for comparing results.

Data: Are the recorded  facts or measurement  from measurements from an experiment.

Theory: Is a hypothesis that has been tested again and again by many scientists, similar results each time.

Technology: The use of scientificts discoveries to solve problems.

Features of Life and Cell

Reproduce: means to form offspring similar to the parents.

Development: is all the change that occur as a living thing grow.

Consumer: are all living things that eat, or consume, other living things.

Producer: are living things that make, or produce, thier oxn food.

Cellular Respiration: is the process by which food is broken down and energy is released.

Cell: is the basic unit of life.

Adaptation: a trait that makes a living thing better able to survive.

Cell Membrane: Controls what move into and out the cell.

Nucleus: contol cell activities.

Nuclear Membrane: controls what moves into ande out of the nucleus.

Nucleolus: help the ribosomes.

Chromosome: Carry information that determines traits.

Cytoplasm: Contains cell parts.

Ribosome: Where proteins are made.

Mitochondria: Produce energy.

Vacuole: Store food, water, and minerals.

Centriole: Help with the reproduction.

Chloroplast: Makes food for plant.

Cell Wall: Protects and support the cell.

Diffusion: movement of a substance from where there is a large amount of it to where there is a small amount.

Osmosis: the movement of water across the cell membrane.

Tissue: is a group of similar cells that work together to carry out a special job.

Organ System: a group ogf organs that work together to do a certain job.

Organism: is a living thing.

Classification

Classify: means to group things together based on their similarities.

Trait: is a feature that a thing has.

Kingdom: is the largest group of living things.

Phylum: is the largest group within a kingdom.

Class: is the largest group within a phylum.

 

Order: is the largest group within a class.

Family: is the largest group within a order.

Genus : is the largest group within  a family.

Specie: is the smallest group of  living things.

Scientific Name: the genus and the specie named together.

Moneran: are one-celled organism that dont have a nucleus.

Protist: are mostly single-celled organism that have a nucleus and other cell parts.

Fungi: are organism that have cell walls and absorb food from their surroundings.

Plant: are organisms that are made up of many cells, have chlorophyll, and can make their own food.

Animal: are organisms that have many cells, cant make their own food and can move.



Viruses and Monerans

Virus: is made of chromosome-like part surrounded by a protein coat.

Host: is an organism that provides food for a parasite.

Parasite: is a organism that lives in or on another living things and gets food from it.

Interferon: is a chemical substance that interferes with the way viruses reproduce.

Vaccine: are substance made from weakened or dead viruses.

Bacteria: are very small, one celled monerans.

Colony: is a group of similar cells growing next to each other that do not depend on each other.

Capsule: some bacterias have a sticky outer layer.

 

Flagellum: some bacteria move with a long, whiplike thread.

Fission: is the process of one organism dividing into two organism. 

Asexual Reproduction: is the reproducing of a livind thing from only one parent.

Endospore: is a thick walled structure that forms inside the cell, enclosing all the nuclear material and some cytoplasm.

Saprophyte: are organisms that use dead materials for food.

Decompocer: are living things that get their own food from breaking down dead matter into simpler chemicals

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Kochs postulates: are steps for proving that a disease is caused by a certain microscopic organism.

Communicable disease: are ones that can be passed from one organism to another.

Antibiotic: are chemical substance that kill or slow the growth of bacteria.

Biotechnology: is the use of living things to solve practical problems.

Pasteurization: the process of heating milk to kill harmful bacteria.

Blue-green bacteria: are small, one celled monerans that contain chlorophyll and can make their own food.





Protist and Fungi

Protozoans: are one celled animal like organism with a nucleus.

Cilia: are short hairlike parts on the surface of the cell.

Sporozoans: are protozoans that reproduce be forming spores.

Spore: are special cells that develop into new organism.

Algae: are plantlike protists.

Multicellular: means that an organism has many different cell that do certain jobs for the organism.

Slime Mold: are funguslike protists that are consumer.

Hyphae: the bodies of most fungi are made of a network of threadlike structure.

Sporaguim fungi: are fungi that produce spores in sporangia.

Sporangia: are structure, found on the tips of hyphae, that make spores.

Club fungi: fungi with club-shaped parts that produce spores.

Sac fungi: produce spores in saclike structure.

Budding: is reproduction in which a small part of the parent grows into a new organism.

Mutualism: a living arragenment inwhich both organism benefit.

Lichen: is a fungus and an organism with chlorophyll that live together.