vocabulary 1

What is science?

A body of knowledge based on the study of nature

What is theory?

An explanation of a nature phenomenon based on many observations And investigation overtime

What is ethics?

A set of guidelines that protect participants, the environment and reduces bias in experiment

What is peer review?

A process in which the procedures used during an experiment may be repeated in evaluated by scientist

What is a hypothesis?

A testable explanation of a situation

Interference?

Assumption based on prior experience

Carbohydrate?

organic compound containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a ratio

Macromolecule?

Large molecule formed by joining smaller organic molecules together

Polymer?

Large molecule formed from smaller repeating units of identical Compounds linked by covalent bonds

Lipid

Hydrophobic biological molecule, mostly of carbon and hydrogen that’s oils and wax

Nucleotide

A subnet of nuclear acid formed from a sugar phosphate group and nitrogen base

Law?

Broad concept or principle

Independent variable

What changes in an experiment?

Dependent variable

The effect caused by independent variable

Qualitative

Describe describes qualities you’ve observed

Quantitive

Describes using numbers to measure what you’ve observed

Precise

How close your measurements are to each other?

Accurate

How close to measurements are to the correct/accepted value