1C Vocabulary

6. a test of the way that something works by examining the effect of one factor at a time
8. cell with no nucleus
11. data communicated with numbers
12. a factor that changes in a controlled experiment
14. the structure that holds and protects the DNA in a eukaryotic cell
16. an idea that scientists use to explain the data that they have collected
17. group in a controlled experiment that is exposed to the independent variable
18. a simplified explanation, description, or representation of the world

1. cell with a nucleus
2. using a variety of tools and skills to answer a question or solve a problem
3. an explanation that is based on limited observations
4. an organism that makes its food using energy from its environment
5. a unique name that identifies an organism created by combining the names of the genus and species
7. an idea that scientists use to describe what they observe
9. group in an experiment that is not exposed to the independent variable
10. information that people collect
11. data communicated using words and descriptions
13. an organism that gets energy by eating other organisms
15. the science of sorting organisms into groups