haploid - ANSWER An organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes; a gamete is haploid.
heliocentric - ANSWER a model of the solar system with the sun at the center and the planets orbiting around the s
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haploid - ANSWER An organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes; a gamete is haploid.
heliocentric - ANSWER a model of the solar system with the sun at the center and the planets orbiting around the sun; "helio" means "sun" and "centric" means at the center.
herbivore - ANSWER A consumer that eats only plants.
heterozygous - ANSWER An organism that has two different alleles for a trait
homeostasis - ANSWER A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state; the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose, around a particular level.
homologous pair - ANSWER A pair of related chromosomes that contain the genes defining a given set of traits.
homozygous - ANSWER A genotype consisting of two similar alleles.
host - ANSWER The organism on which a parasite feeds.
hypothesis - ANSWER A scientific and testable proposal to answer a question related to a scientific investigation; the basis for an experiment; an educated guess.
independent variable - ANSWER The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied
independent verification - ANSWER The reproduction of scientific findings by a third party.
inference - ANSWER An intuitive realization based on observable data.
inheritance - ANSWER The process by which traits are passed from parents to offspring.
inquiry - ANSWER Another name for scientific investigation.
investigation - ANSWER A process of seeking scientific knowledge by asking questions and gathering evidence.
ionic bond - ANSWER A bond between two atoms based on the attraction of opposing electrical charges.
isotope - ANSWER A variation of a chemical element that has a different neutron number.
kinetic energy - ANSWER Energy related to an object's motion.
labratory - ANSWER A specialized environment with scientific equipement and other characteristics that enable experimentation.
liter - ANSWER The metric unic of capacity or volume.
Magma - ANSWER Melted rock and metal
mantle - ANSWER A layer of Earth separating the core from the crust.
mass number - ANSWER The number of particles in an atom's nucleus (protons and neutrons).
matter - ANSWER The name given to all the material that makes up our natural world. Matter can be divided into four categories, (solid,liquid, gas, and plasma), but all matter is made up of atoms.
meiosis - ANSWER A process of chromosome division specific to gametes.
meter - ANSWER The metric unit of length
microscope - ANSWER An instrument used to magnify and observe very small objects.
Milky Way - ANSWER The name of the galaxy that contains our sun and solar system.
mitrochondria - ANSWER Organelles that can produce chemical energy from pyruvate.
model - ANSWER A simplified version of a natural phenomenon; a diagram.
molecule - ANSWER A group of atoms connected by bonds.
mono - ANSWER "Means" "one"
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