Basic Vocabularly | TGHS Biology Honors G9 25-26

Observation

The act of noticing or perceiving phenomena and gathering data based on direct engagement with the subject of study.

Prediction

The act of stating the outcome of a future event without prior knowledge.

Hypothesis

A special kind of prediction that forecasts how one variable will affect a second variable.

Analyze

The act of methodically examining something, usually data or information.

Experiment

A scientific procedure to test a hypothesis through the manipulation and control of various different variables.

Conclusion

The process of evaluating results in order to reach a decision concerning the meaning of a particular set of data.

Data

Facts & Statistics grouped for reference and/or analysis.

Length

The longest dimension of an object/Measure of distance.

SI Measurement/Units

Système International. The Global Standard for measurement and equations, based on the metric system.

Metric Units/System

A base 10 system of measurement utilizing different prefixes (kilo, hecto, deka, deci, centimeters, milli, etc.)

Responding Variable

Also known as Dependent variable, is the variable which change is measured from the alteration of the independent (Manipulated) variable.

Control Group

The standard baseline group to which comparisons are made in an experiment.

Manipulated Variable

Is the variable which is deliberately manipulated or altered in an experiment to observe its effect on the Responding variable.

Experimental Group

The group in an experiment which is recieving altered treatment and/or exposed to a variable.

Mass

The amount of matter contained in an object.

Beaker

Beaker Tongs

Digital Balance

Erlenmeyer Flask

Forceps

Funnel

Graduated Cylinder

Pipette

Spatula

Test Tube

Thermometer

Wash Bottle

Unicellular

Living organisms composed of a single cell.

Multicellular

An organism consisting of more than one cell

Reproduction

The biological proccess of creating new, similar organisms in order to ensure the survival of a species.

Nutrients

A specific category of substances which provides nutrients essential for the growth and nourishment of living organisms.

Energy (Biology Definition)

Thr capacity for work or to do work.

Sexual Reproduction

A form of reproduction where two parents contribute genetic material in order to produce a genetically diverse offspring.

Asexual Reproduction

A form of reproduction where a single parent produces a genetically identical offspring without involving gametes (hapliod cells).

Binary Fission

A method of asexual reproduction where the parent cell divides into 2 genetically identical daughter cells.

Autotroph

An organism which has the capacity produce its own food.

Heterotroph

An organism which consumes other organisms in order to fulfill nutritional requirements.

Homeostasis

The active process of maintaining a stable internal environment within a body to optimize for survival.

Organism

An individual living thing that consists of one or more cells. (Not definition for Multicellular.)

Plasma/Cell Membrane

The other semi permeable membrane of a cell, enclosing the cell's internal environment.

Extinction

The extermination or loss of an entire species.