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Control Group - Answer in an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the treatment
Dependent Variable - Answer a variable (often denoted by y ) whose value depends on that
of another.
Experiment - Answer a test under controlled conditions that is made to demonstrate or test
a hypothesis
Hypothesis - Answer A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
Independent Variable - Answer The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable
whose effect is being studied.
Result - Answer the outcome of an experiment or problem
Trial - Answer a specific experiment or set of experiments within a larger context
Active Transport - Answer The movement of materials through a cell membrane using
energy.
Anaphase - Answer Phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes separate and move to
opposite ends of the cell
Animal Cells - Answer Cells that make up animals;these lack a cell wall, central vacuole and
chloroplasts
Cell - Answer basic unit of all forms of life
Cell Membrane - Answer thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells; regulates what enters
and leaves the cell
, Chromosome - Answer structure made of DNA and associated proteins on which genes are
located
Cytoplasm - Answer A jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the organelles are suspended
Diffusion - Answer the movement of particles from regions of higher density to regions of
lower density
Diploid Cell - Answer A cell containing two sets of chromosomes (2n), one set inherited from
each parent.
Endoplasmic Reticulum - Answer In BOTH types of cells. Carries substances, like proteins, to
various parts of the cell.
Gametes - Answer reproductive cells,
Sex cells
Golgi Apparatus - Answer a cell organelle that helps make and package materials to be
transported out of the cell
Alveoli - Answer any of the tiny air sacs of the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are
exchanged
Aorta - Answer Largest artery in the body
Artery - Answer A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
Axons - Answer Carry impulses away from the cell body
Ball-and-Socket Joints - Answer allow a wide range of motion in many directions (hip and
shoulder joints)
Blood - Answer Connective tissue made of plasma, erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets.