SCIENCE VOCAB

the basic and smallest unit of life

thin slip used to hold an image in place and to keep water off a microscope lens

controls what enters and leavs the cell, gives shape to the cell, and holds the cytoplasm

found only in plant cells, provides support and protection for the cell

in plant cells, where the green colouring used during photosynthesis is stored

the green colouring used to create food during photosynthesis

clear jelly-like material that hold organelles in place

transports water, food, and waste around and out of the cell

to make and object appear larger

an organism that cannot be seen without magnification

a device that bends light through a lens to magnify objects

where energy production occurs in the cell

describes an organism with many cells

the organelle that controls all of the activities in the cell

parts in a cell that do specific jobs

living things, made up of one or more cells

process that plants use to create food using gas, light, and chemicals

small glass plate that an object is that an object is placed under a microscope

decribes an organism with oly one cell

part of a cell that stores extra water, food, and waste in the cell

physical characteristics or behaviours that give an organism a better chance of surviveing in a particular enviroment

how high a location is above sea level

describes a biome that is in or on water

the way an organism acts

actions and activities of an organism that are important for survival

larg land regions that have distinct climate, soil, plants, and animals

an organism's abilitiy to blend into it's surroundings

weather patterens in an area, based on records kept over time

the colour and patteren of an animal's skin, fur, or feathers

area where a river flows intoan ocean or sea, with water that is a mixture of freshwater and saltwater

a period during winter when animals are inactive

a characterisic that a organism is born with

the distance north an south od the equater

the movement of animals from one region to another in response to changes in seasons

Changes in shape or colour that help an organism blend into its surroundings or look like a nother organism

physical characteristics that make an organism better suited to its biome

amount of rain or snow that falls in an area

local conditions of temperature and precipitation that change from day to day or hour to hour

the kingdom of multicellular organisms that must eat other organisms to survive

unicellular micro-organisms that have no nucleus in there cell

step-by-step instructions to help you identify unknown organisms

a way of grouping things

to group objects, information, or even ideas based on the similarities they share

books that have pictures and descriptions to help you identify living things

organisms that get the nutrients they need to survive by absorbing them from other organisms

at the bottom of the series of classification, a group of organisms that share many similar characteristics

an animal that does not have a backbone

in classification, the largest groupes of types of organism

plants that are ussualy very small and absorb water directly through there cell walls

the first division of the kingdom, organisms that share one or more important structures or characteristics

the kingdom that contains organisms that are multicellular and use photosynthesis to obtain food

the kingdom that has the most diverse members of all of the kingdoms of life, with organisms that are unicellular or multicellular and usually live in moist or wet enviroments

the smallest, most precise level of classification for an organism; members of the same species can mate to produce healthy offspring

plants that have tubes that move food from the leaves to all of the other parts of the plant, including down to the roots

tiny particles that make up all things

electricity or electric charges pull together objects or each other

a device that turns chemical energy into electricity

describes an atom that has more positive or more negative particles

materials that allow electrons to flow through them easily

electricity that is in motion

when two objects exchange electric charges to restore the balance of charges in each object

small particles that swirl around the nucleus of an atom and have a negative charge

a device that can detect the presence of electric charges

to connect an object through a conductor to the ground

the state of an atom that has more positively charged particles than negatively charges particles, or an atom that has more negatively charged particles than positively charges particles

materials that block the flow of electrons

the charge on the particles that swirl around the nucleus, or the charge on an atom with more or an atom with more negatively charged particles than positively charged particles

the center of each atom, containing particles with a positive charge

the charge on the particles in an atom's nucleus, or the charge on an atom with more positively charged particles than negatively charged particles

electricity or electric charges push away away an object or each other

a build up of positive and negative charges that have become seperated from each other

describes an atom or an object with an equal number of positively and negatively charged particles