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VOCABULARY
“MATCHGAME”
•Partner facing the screen will be the “Caller”.
–Your job is to get your partner to say the
word on the screen. You can describe, use
a sentence, give a definition. BUT, you CAN
NOT use the word!
–The teams that get the most words,
WIN!
CALLER, GET READY!
FOOTBALL
•“America’s favorite past time!”
•College played on Saturdays. Professional
played on Sunday’s.
HYPOTHESIS
•an explanation for an observation,
or scientific problem that can be tested by
further investigation. Once you do the
experiment and find out if it supports
the hypothesis, it becomes part
of scientific theory.
INDEPENDENT
VARIABLE
•A variable is any factor, trait, or condition
that can exist in differing amounts or types.
The independent variable is the one that is
changed by the scientist.
DEPENDENT
VARIABLE
•A dependent variable is what you
measure in the experiment and what is
affected during the experiment.
The dependent variable responds to the
independent variable. It is
called dependent because it "depends" on
the independent variable.
CONSTANTS
•A quantity that is unknown but assumed
to have a fixed (same) value. A theoretical
or experimental quantity, condition, or
factor that does not change in specified
circumstances.
CONCLUSION
•
The final process of the
basic scientific method by which
scientists reveal whether the hypothesis
was proven correct. The conclusion is
one statement, backed up by data analysis,
that supports or refutes the hypothesis.
ROTATION
•Rotation is when a planet or
moon turns all the way around
or spins on its axis one time.
REVOLUTION
•The movement of one object around a
center or another object. An example
of revolution is movement of the
earth around the Sun.
ORBIT
•The curved path of a celestial
object or spacecraft around a star,
planet, or moon.
CELL THEORY
•All organisms are composed of one or
more cells
•The cell is the basic unit of structure
•All cells come from pre-existing cells
LAST ONE, FOR THIS ROUND.
ORGANELLE
•Any of a number of organized or
specialized structures within a
living cell.
•Switch sides
CALLER, GET READY!
CELL WALL
A layer located outside
the cell membrane,
gives cell structural
support.
LEVELS OF
ORGANIZATION
ORGAN
•A part of an organism that is typically
self-contained and has a specific vital
function, such as the heart or liver in
humans.
CELL MEMBRANE
•The semipermeable membrane
surrounding the cytoplasm of a cell.
ORGAN SYSTEM
•A group of organs that work
together to perform one or more
functions
ORGANISM
•An individual animal, plant, or
single-celled life form.
RIBOSOME
•Protein particle whose main
function is to serve as the site of
protein synthesis.
FL AGELLUM
•The primary role of the
flagellum is locomotion.
EUKARYOTE
•An organism whose cells contain a
nucleus surrounded by a
membrane and whose DNA is
bound together by proteins into
chromosomes.
PROKARYOTE
•Prokaryotes lack a
distinct cell nucleus and their DNA is
not organized into chromosomes.