Life Science Unit Vocabulary
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Life Science Vocabulary Dates
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CCS 1 Vocabulary
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CCS 2 Vocabulary
Assigned: Tuesday 9/2
Completed List Due: Friday 9/5
Vocabulary Quiz Date: Friday 9/12
CCS 3 Vocabulary
Assigned: Monday 9/8
Completed List Due: Monday 9/15
Vocabulary Quiz Date: Friday 9/19
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CCS 1 Vocabulary Page-View Version:
Terms for Condensed Content Statement 1: Reproduction is necessary for the continuation of the species.
1. Adaptation: a characteristic that helps an organism survive in its habitat.
2. Asexual reproduction: reproduction that involves only one parent, producing offspring that are genetically identical to the parent.
3. Biome: a large geographic region with its own characteristic group of plants and animals. Also, a distinct type of environment, such as oceans, deserts, tropical rain forests, and the frozen Arctic tundra.
4. Camouflage: an adaptation that causes an organism to blend in with its environment.
5. Chromosome: tiny threadlike structures found in the nucleus of a cell that carry genetic information.
6. Cleavage: rapid cell division that results in smaller, identical cells that allows a zygote to develop into an embryo.
7. Cloning: the process of creating an exact copy of a biological unit (a DNA sequence, cell, or organism) from which it was derived, especially by way of biotechnical methods.
8. Egg cell: the female sex cell.
9. Embryo: an organism in its early stages of development, especially before it has reached a distinctively recognizable form.
10. Fertilization: the joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell during sexual reproduction to begin the development of a new individual.
11. Gamete: a cell – sperm or egg – used in sexual reproduction.
12. Gene: a piece of genetic information that influences a trait.
13. Genetic information: information that determines traits and is stored in chromosomes.
14. Germination: the beginning of growth, as of a seed, spore, or bud when conditions are favorable.
15. Hibernate: an adaptation where it is to enter a sleeplike state of reduced body activity; how some animals survive the winter.
16. Meiosis: a type of cell division that produces the sex cells – sperm and egg.
17. Migrate: an adaptation in which a community moves from one environment to another, where conditions are more favorable.
18. Mitosis: cell division in which a parent cell splits into two identical daughter cells, each with a full set of chromosomes. Asexual reproduction is carried out by mitosis. Also, cell maintenance in a multicellular organism is carried out by mitosis.
19. Modern Cell Theory: 1) All living organisms are composed of cells. They may be unicellular or multicellular. 2) The cell is the basic unit of life. 3) Cells arise from pre-existing cells.
20. Reproduction: the life process by which organisms produce new individuals, or offspring.
21. Sex cells: cells that combine during sexual reproduction, sperm and egg.
22. Sexual reproduction: reproduction that involves two parents, producing offspring that are not identical to either parent.
23. Sperm cell: the male sex cell.
24. Traits: inherited characteristics, either physical or behavioral.
25. Vegetative propagation: a method of plant propagation not through pollination or by seeds or spores but by way of separating new plant individuals that emerge from vegetative parts, such as specialized stems, leaves and roots and allow them to take root and grow.
26. Zygote: a fertilized egg cell that will undergo cleavage to become an embryo.
1. Adaptation: a characteristic that helps an organism survive in its habitat.
2. Asexual reproduction: reproduction that involves only one parent, producing offspring that are genetically identical to the parent.
3. Biome: a large geographic region with its own characteristic group of plants and animals. Also, a distinct type of environment, such as oceans, deserts, tropical rain forests, and the frozen Arctic tundra.
4. Camouflage: an adaptation that causes an organism to blend in with its environment.
5. Chromosome: tiny threadlike structures found in the nucleus of a cell that carry genetic information.
6. Cleavage: rapid cell division that results in smaller, identical cells that allows a zygote to develop into an embryo.
7. Cloning: the process of creating an exact copy of a biological unit (a DNA sequence, cell, or organism) from which it was derived, especially by way of biotechnical methods.
8. Egg cell: the female sex cell.
9. Embryo: an organism in its early stages of development, especially before it has reached a distinctively recognizable form.
10. Fertilization: the joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell during sexual reproduction to begin the development of a new individual.
11. Gamete: a cell – sperm or egg – used in sexual reproduction.
12. Gene: a piece of genetic information that influences a trait.
13. Genetic information: information that determines traits and is stored in chromosomes.
14. Germination: the beginning of growth, as of a seed, spore, or bud when conditions are favorable.
15. Hibernate: an adaptation where it is to enter a sleeplike state of reduced body activity; how some animals survive the winter.
16. Meiosis: a type of cell division that produces the sex cells – sperm and egg.
17. Migrate: an adaptation in which a community moves from one environment to another, where conditions are more favorable.
18. Mitosis: cell division in which a parent cell splits into two identical daughter cells, each with a full set of chromosomes. Asexual reproduction is carried out by mitosis. Also, cell maintenance in a multicellular organism is carried out by mitosis.
19. Modern Cell Theory: 1) All living organisms are composed of cells. They may be unicellular or multicellular. 2) The cell is the basic unit of life. 3) Cells arise from pre-existing cells.
20. Reproduction: the life process by which organisms produce new individuals, or offspring.
21. Sex cells: cells that combine during sexual reproduction, sperm and egg.
22. Sexual reproduction: reproduction that involves two parents, producing offspring that are not identical to either parent.
23. Sperm cell: the male sex cell.
24. Traits: inherited characteristics, either physical or behavioral.
25. Vegetative propagation: a method of plant propagation not through pollination or by seeds or spores but by way of separating new plant individuals that emerge from vegetative parts, such as specialized stems, leaves and roots and allow them to take root and grow.
26. Zygote: a fertilized egg cell that will undergo cleavage to become an embryo.
CCS 2 Vocabulary Page-View Version:
Terms for Condensed Content Statement 2: Diversity of species occurs through gradual processes over many generations. Fossil records provide evidence that changes have occurred in number and types of species.
1. Abiotic factors: the nonliving parts of the environment such as water, air, and temperature.
2. Biodiversity: the great variety of living things.
3. Biotic factors: the living parts of the environment.
4. Endangered species: plant or animal species that appears close to extinction.
5. Environment: the surroundings in which an organism lives, including both living and nonliving components.
6. Extinction: the process of becoming extinct and no longer existing.
7. Fossil: the remains or traces of an ancient organism.
8. Fossil record: the totality of fossilized artifacts and their placement within the earth’s rock strata.
9. Mutations: changes in the genetic material.
10. Natural selection: the process that favors those organisms that are best adapted to survive and reproduce.
11. Speciation: formation of a new species.
12. Species: a group of organisms of the same kind that can produce fertile offspring. The subgroups of a genus.
13. Traits: inherited characteristics, either physical or behavioral.
14. Variation: referring to differences among individuals of the same species, giving the species a variety of different survival abilities.
1. Abiotic factors: the nonliving parts of the environment such as water, air, and temperature.
2. Biodiversity: the great variety of living things.
3. Biotic factors: the living parts of the environment.
4. Endangered species: plant or animal species that appears close to extinction.
5. Environment: the surroundings in which an organism lives, including both living and nonliving components.
6. Extinction: the process of becoming extinct and no longer existing.
7. Fossil: the remains or traces of an ancient organism.
8. Fossil record: the totality of fossilized artifacts and their placement within the earth’s rock strata.
9. Mutations: changes in the genetic material.
10. Natural selection: the process that favors those organisms that are best adapted to survive and reproduce.
11. Speciation: formation of a new species.
12. Species: a group of organisms of the same kind that can produce fertile offspring. The subgroups of a genus.
13. Traits: inherited characteristics, either physical or behavioral.
14. Variation: referring to differences among individuals of the same species, giving the species a variety of different survival abilities.
CCS 3 Vocabulary Page-View Version:
Terms for Condensed Content Statement 3: The characteristics of an organism are a result of inherited traits received from parent(s).
1. Allele: each member of a gene pair that determines a specific trait.
2. Chromosome: tiny threadlike structures found in the nucleus of a cell that carry genetic information.
3. Cross-pollination: a type of pollination when pollen and pistil must be from different plants.
4. Dominant: the trait that is expressed when two different genes for the same trait are present.
5. Fertilization: the joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell during sexual reproduction to begin the development of a new individual.
6. Gene: a piece of genetic information that influences a trait.
7. Genetic information: information that determines traits and is stored in chromosomes.
8. Genetics: study of heredity, or the passing on of traits from an organism to its offspring.
9. Genotype: gene makeup of an organism.
10. Germination: the beginning of growth, as of a seed, spore, or bud when conditions are favorable.
11. Hybrid: organism that has two different genes for a trait, or that combines traits of two different but related species.
12. Law of Independent Assortment: each gene pair for a trait is inherited independently of the gene pairs for all other traits.
13. Law of Segregation: one gene from each pair goes to each sex cell.
14. Meiosis: a type of cell division that produces the sex cells – sperm and egg.
15. Mendelian genetics: cornerstone ideas about the transmission of genetic characters from parent organisms to their offspring based on Gregor Mendel’s statistical analysis and scientific breeding of pea plants.
16. Pedigree: a diagram showing the lineage of an individual and all the direct ancestors, usually to analyze the inheritance of a trait.
17. Phenotype: physical appearance.
18. Pollination: the transfer of pollen from the anthers of a flower to the stigma of the same or of another flower. Pollination is a prerequisite for fertilization.
19. Recessive: the trait that is masked when two different genes for the same trait are present.
20. Self-pollination: a type of pollination when pollen and pistil are from the same plant, often (but not always) from the same flower.
21. Traits: inherited characteristics, either physical or behavioral.
1. Allele: each member of a gene pair that determines a specific trait.
2. Chromosome: tiny threadlike structures found in the nucleus of a cell that carry genetic information.
3. Cross-pollination: a type of pollination when pollen and pistil must be from different plants.
4. Dominant: the trait that is expressed when two different genes for the same trait are present.
5. Fertilization: the joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell during sexual reproduction to begin the development of a new individual.
6. Gene: a piece of genetic information that influences a trait.
7. Genetic information: information that determines traits and is stored in chromosomes.
8. Genetics: study of heredity, or the passing on of traits from an organism to its offspring.
9. Genotype: gene makeup of an organism.
10. Germination: the beginning of growth, as of a seed, spore, or bud when conditions are favorable.
11. Hybrid: organism that has two different genes for a trait, or that combines traits of two different but related species.
12. Law of Independent Assortment: each gene pair for a trait is inherited independently of the gene pairs for all other traits.
13. Law of Segregation: one gene from each pair goes to each sex cell.
14. Meiosis: a type of cell division that produces the sex cells – sperm and egg.
15. Mendelian genetics: cornerstone ideas about the transmission of genetic characters from parent organisms to their offspring based on Gregor Mendel’s statistical analysis and scientific breeding of pea plants.
16. Pedigree: a diagram showing the lineage of an individual and all the direct ancestors, usually to analyze the inheritance of a trait.
17. Phenotype: physical appearance.
18. Pollination: the transfer of pollen from the anthers of a flower to the stigma of the same or of another flower. Pollination is a prerequisite for fertilization.
19. Recessive: the trait that is masked when two different genes for the same trait are present.
20. Self-pollination: a type of pollination when pollen and pistil are from the same plant, often (but not always) from the same flower.
21. Traits: inherited characteristics, either physical or behavioral.
1. Atom: the smallest particle of an element that has properties of that element
2. Boiling: the rapid change in phase from liquid to gas, during which bubbles of gas form within the liquid
3. Boiling point: the temperature at which a substance changes rapidly from a liquid to a gas
4. Buoyancy: the tendency of an object to float
5. Buoyant: able to float
6. Chemical bond: the link that joins one atom to another in a molecule
7. Chemical change: a change that results in the formation of one or more new substances, a chemical reaction
8. Chemical property: a characteristic that a substance displays when it undergoes a change to a new substance or subtances
9. Composition: what something is made of
10. Condensation: the changing of water vapor into droplets of liquid water; more generally, the change in state from gas to liquid
11. Density: the quantity that compares the mass of an object to its volume by dividing mass by volume mathematically
12. Evaporation: the changing of liquid water into water vapor (gaseous water), more generally, the change in state from liquid to gas
13. Freezing: the change in phase from liquid to solid
14. Freezing point: the temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a solid
15. Law of Conservation of Matter: Matter can neither be created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction.
16. Mass: the amount of matter in an object
17. Matter: anything that has mass and takes up space
18. Melting: the change in state from solid to liquid
19. Melting point: the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid
20. Molecule: the smallest particle of a substance held together by chemical bonds
21. Physical change: a change in the appearance of a substance that does not alter the chemical makeup of the substance
22. Physical properties: characteristics of a substance that can be determined without changing the identity of the substance
23. Plasma: a fourth state of matter that is formed from gases at very high temperatures
24. State: a form, or phase, of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma
Vocabulary List for week of (Topic: Nature of Energy)
1. Amplitude
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8. Heat (thermal) energy
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15. Potential energy
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1. Amplitude: the height of the crest or the depth of the trough of a wave measured from the undisturbed surface
2. Chemical energy: a form of potential energy stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules
3, Doppler effect: the apparent change in the frequency of a wave (light or sound) that occurs when the source and/or the observer are in motion relative to each other
4. Electrical energy: a form of energy produced by the flow of electrons from one point to another point
5. Electromagnetic waves: a wave of energy consisting of electric and magnetic fields oscillating at right angles to each other
6. Energy: the ability to do work
7. Frequency: the number of waves that pass by a fixed point in a given amount of time
8. Heat (thermal) energy: a form of kinetic energy associated with vibrating molecules
9. Kinetic energy: energy that an object has because of its motion
10. Law of Conservation of Energy: Energy can neither be created nor destroyed.
11. Medium: matter that allows mechanical waves to pass through it
12. Mechanical energy: a form of kinetic energy in a moving object that is doing work
13. Nuclear energy: the energy stored within the nucleus of an atom, used by nuclear power plants to produce electricity
14. Pitch: describes how high or low a sound is
15. Potential energy: stored energy that an object has because of its position or chemical makeup
16. Radiant energy: a form of kinetic energy that travels in electromagnetic waves and is capable of traveling through space
17. Sound: a form of mechanical energy produced by a vibrating object
18. Sound waves: alternating layers of compressed and expanded air particles that spread out in all directions from a vibrating object
19. Wave: a disturbance within a substance that that transports energy from one place to another
20. Wavelength: the distance from one point on a wave to the corresponding point in the next wave
2. Chemical energy: a form of potential energy stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules
3, Doppler effect: the apparent change in the frequency of a wave (light or sound) that occurs when the source and/or the observer are in motion relative to each other
4. Electrical energy: a form of energy produced by the flow of electrons from one point to another point
5. Electromagnetic waves: a wave of energy consisting of electric and magnetic fields oscillating at right angles to each other
6. Energy: the ability to do work
7. Frequency: the number of waves that pass by a fixed point in a given amount of time
8. Heat (thermal) energy: a form of kinetic energy associated with vibrating molecules
9. Kinetic energy: energy that an object has because of its motion
10. Law of Conservation of Energy: Energy can neither be created nor destroyed.
11. Medium: matter that allows mechanical waves to pass through it
12. Mechanical energy: a form of kinetic energy in a moving object that is doing work
13. Nuclear energy: the energy stored within the nucleus of an atom, used by nuclear power plants to produce electricity
14. Pitch: describes how high or low a sound is
15. Potential energy: stored energy that an object has because of its position or chemical makeup
16. Radiant energy: a form of kinetic energy that travels in electromagnetic waves and is capable of traveling through space
17. Sound: a form of mechanical energy produced by a vibrating object
18. Sound waves: alternating layers of compressed and expanded air particles that spread out in all directions from a vibrating object
19. Wave: a disturbance within a substance that that transports energy from one place to another
20. Wavelength: the distance from one point on a wave to the corresponding point in the next wave