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STUDY GUIDE FOR FIRST NINE WEEKS TEST
1. A is a definition that changes to accommodate new information.
working definition
2. Examples of
are food gathering, digestion, reproduction, etc.
life processes
3. One way scientists classify organisms is by their
scientificname.
4. An is a complete living thing.
organism
5. Anything living or once was part of something living is called organic.
6. The is where an organism lives.
habitat
7. An organism may be composed of one or more cells.
8. is an organization of organisms.
Classification
9. is nonliving.
Inorganic
10. is how things are different.
Diversity
11. An usually contains a 10x lens.
eyepiece
12. A usually holds the slide in place.
stage clip
13. The moves the body tube up and down.
coarse adjustment knob
14. The title of a drawing appears in
uppercase letters.
15. are printed neatly outside the field of view and parallel to the bottom of the page.
Labels
16. are printed within parenthesis to the right of the title.
Measurements
17. The scientific name of the WOWBug is Melittobia
digitata.
18. Center the specimen in the field
of view.
19. The is a tool that extends our sense of sight.
compound light
microscope
20. are the most common insect.
Beetles
21. An studies insects.
entomologist
22. Plants use from the sun.
energy
23. The seven layer system consists of the following:
kingdomphylumclass
order
familygenus
species
24. is the science of classifying living things.
Taxonomy
25. An organism is named on the basis of its and genus species
.
26. The first letter of the genus name is always capitalized.
27. When a scientific name is hand written, it is underlined.
28. The scientific name of the California Blackworm is Lumbriculu
s variegatus.
29. A has a segmented body that is similar to that of the earthworm.
blackworm
30. means separated or divided.
Segmented
31. means relating to or of the side.
Lateral
32. An is a small, winged arthropod with 3 pairs of legs, a segmented body, and 2 pairs of wings.
insect
33. is the act of cutting or dividing.
Fragmentation
34. The is the head of an organism.
anterior
35. is the type of reproduction that forms new organisms with a single parent.
Asexual
36. The is the third body segment of insects.
abdomen
37. A Lumbriculus fragment can a lost head, tail, or both.
regenerate
38. Blood pulsates through the dorsal blood vessel of the Lumbriculus from the
to the posterior anterior.
39. The title of a graph appears
above the graph.
40. A describes what information you are recording and is written along theand
axis.
variable
horizontal
vertical
41. tells how the variables are being measured.
Unit
42. is finding the data point for an ordered pair.
Plotting
43. A is information on the graph that remains the same, or shows no change.
constant
44. Numbers appear evenly spaced in
along the axis. interval
s
An experiment was performed to test the effects of different types of fertilizers on the number of tomatoes produced by one type of tomato plant. What is the experimental (independent) variable in this investigation?