Science Final BMS
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- A way of learning about the natural world through observations and logical reasoning; leads to a body of knowledge.
- Science
- The process of using one or more of your senses to gather information.
- Observing
- An observation that deals with a number or amount.
- Quantitative Observation
- An observation that deals with characteristics that cannot be expressed in numbers.
- Qualitative Observation
- The process of making an inference, an interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge.
- Inferring
- The process of forecasting what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.
- Predicting
- The process of grouping together items that are alike in some way.
- Classifying
- The process of creating representations of complex objects or processes.
- Making Models
- The ongoing process of discovery in science; the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence they gather.
- Scientific Inquiry
- A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question; must be testable.
- Hypothesis
- A factor that can change in an experiment.
- Variable
- An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time.
- Controlled Experiment
- The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment; also called independent variable.
- Manipulated Variable
- The factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated, or independent, variable in an experiment; also called dependent variable.
- Responding Variable
- A statement that describes how to measure a particular variable or how to define a particular term.
- Operational Definition
- Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.
- Data
- The process of sharing ideas with others through writing and speaking.
- Communicating
- How people modify the world around them to meet their needs or to solve practical problems.
- Technology
- A person who is trained to use both technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
- Engineer
- A living thing.
- Organism
- The basic unit of structure and function in an organism.
- Cell
- Made of a single cell.
- Unicellular
- Consisting of many cells.
- Multicellular
- A change in an organism’s surroundings that causes the organism to react.
- Stimulus
- An action or change in behavior that occurs as a result of a stimulus.
- Response
- The process of change that occurs during an organism’s life to produce a more complex organism.
- Development
- The mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources.
- Spontaneous Generation
- An organism that makes its own food.
- Autotroph
- An organism that cannot make its own food.
- Heterotroph
- The maintenance of stable internal conditions.
- Homeostasis
- The scientific study of how living things are classified.
- Taxonomy
- The system for naming organisms in which each organism is given a unique, two-part scientific name indicating its genus and species.
- Binomial Nomenclature
- A classification grouping that consists of a number of similar, closely related species.
- Genus
- A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce.
- Species
- An organism whose cells lack a nucleus and some other cell structures.
- Prokaryote
- The dense area in a eukaryotic cell that contains nucleic acids, the chemical instructions that direct the cell’s activities.
- Nucleus
- An organism whose cells contain nuclei
- Eukaryote
- The basic unit of structure and function in living things.
- Cell
- An instrument that makes small objects look larger.
- Microscope
- A widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things.
- Cell Theory