7th Grade Tri 1 Science Vocabulary

A testable, educated guess

• Scientific theory

• Scientific law

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

Scientific method

• The order the teacher teaches new topics

• An organized way of explaining things observed in the natural world

• The order in which you perform an experiment

• The schedule a scientist follows when performing an experiment

The basic unit of life

• Cell

• Atom

• Organelle

• Nucleus

The genetic material that provides instructions for life

• DNA

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Nucleosomes

The ability to do work

• Energy

• Construction

• Athleticism

• Matter

A living thing

• Organism

• Organ

• Tissue

• Chloroplast

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• Matter

• Energy

• Light

• Stuff

A type of cell that has organelles and stores DNA inside a nucleus

• Prokaryote

• Bacteria

• Eukaryote

• Autotroph

A type of cell that does not have most organelles and does NOT have a nucleus

• Prokaryote

• Plant cell

• Animal cell

• Eukaryote

The "goo" inside a cell

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

• Cell Wall