Biology

Word Wall Vocabulary

What is Science?

amino acid

bias

carbohydrates

claim

cohesion

concentration

control

data

dependent

dissecting microscope

experiment

hydrogen bonds

hypothesis

independent

inference

light compound microscope

lipids

molecular structure

nucleic acids

observations

peer review

polarity

prediction

reliability

scanning electron microscope

scientific argumentation/explanation

solvent

theory

transmission electron microscope

triglyceride

variable

water

Ecology

abiotic

acid

anthropogenic

aquatic ecosystem

autotrophy

base

biogeochemical cycles

biotic

carbon

carrying capacity

climate change

consumer

decomposer

density dependent factors

depth

detritivore

ecosystem

energy

energy pyramid

food chain/web

fossil fuels

geography

heterotrophy

invasive species

Joule

latitude

light

limitingfactor

nonrenewable

pH

population dynamics

producer

renewable

resources

salinity

seasonal variation

succession

temperature

topography

trophic level

Cell Structure & Function

activation energy

active transport

aerobic

anaerobic

animal

ATP/ADP

cell theory

cell wall

cell/plasma membrane

cell

cellular respiration

chloroplast

chromatin

cilia

cytoplasm

cytoskeleton

endoplasmic reticulum

enzyme

eukaryotic

fermentation

flagella

glycolysis

Golgi apparatus

homeostasis

hypertonic

hypotonic

isotonic

lysosome

microfilaments

microtubules

mitochondria

nuclear envelope

nucleolus

nucleus

osmosis

passive diffusion

photosynthesis

plant

product

prokaryote

reactant

reaction

ribosomes

transport

vacuole

People:

Virchow

Hooke

Schleiden

Schwann

Van Leeuwenhoek

Reproduction & Genetics

allele

anaphase

asexual

blood type

cancer

cell cycle/mitosis

cell plate

centriole

chromatin

codominance

crossover

cytokinesis

dihybrid

dominant

gametes

genetic variation

haploid

Hemophilia

incomplete dominance

independent assortment

inheritance

interphase

meiosis

metaphase

multiple allele

pedigree

phenotype

polygenic

prophase

Punnett squares

recessive

reproduction

segregation

sex-linked

sexual

spores

telophase

variation

People:

Mendel

DNA & Protein

amino acid

base pairs

biotechnology

chromosomal

codon

DNA

gene

gene expression

genetic engineering

mRNA

mutation

recombinant DNA

replication

ribose

transcription

translation

variation

People:

Chargaff

Franklin

Watson and crick

Evolution

adaptive radiation

biogeography

chemical evolution

comparative anatomy

convergent evolution

differential reproductive success

embryology

endosymbiotic theory

evolution

fossils

gene flow

genetic drift

hominid

molecular biology

natural selection

punctuated equilibrium

theory

People:

Darwin

Lamarck

Linnaeus

Urey

Miller

Oparin

Fox

Lyell

Malthus

Wallace

Margulis

Classification & Plant Structure

Animalia

Archaea

cladogram

classification

Eubacteria

Eukarya

Fungi

phylogeny

Plantae

Protista

adhesion

apical meristem

cambium

cone

dermal tissue

embryo

flower

fruit

ground tissue

guard cells

phloem

roots

seed

stems

stomata

transpiration

vascular

xylem

Human Physiology

amniotic fluid

amniotic sac

antibioticresistance

birth

blastocyst

brain

brain stem

cerebellum

cerebrum

communicable disease

embryo

epididymis

fetal development

gastrulation

immune system

implantation

frontal lobe

occipital lobe

parietal lobe

temporal lobe

medulla oblongata

morula

neuralation

nonspecific and specific response

ovaries

oviduct/fallopian tube

penis

placenta

pons

pregnancy

prostate gland

scrotum

seminal vesicle

testes

umbilical cord

urethra

uterus

vaccine

vagina

vas deferens

zygote