Saturday, August 18, 2012

Unit 1 Vocabulary Words Biology I


Unit One Vocabulary

Week One Vocab (Latin prefixes and suffixes):
Bi-:    two    ex) bicycle, binoculars
Bio-:  life       ex) biology
-ology: the study of   ex) biology, psychology
-meter: measure    ex) thermometer
-therm-:heat  ex) thermometer
-scope: examine, look at  ex) microscope

Week Two Vocab:
Corrosive: to wear away, damage, or destroy over time
Independent Variable: the variable that you change or manipulate
Dependent Variable: the variable that you measure for change
Control: the natural or normal condition for the IV; the group you will compare everything to
Constant: things that do not change; to stay the same
Replicated: to do something many times; repeated

Week Three Vocab (Latin prefixes):
Aqua-:     water   ex) aquarium
Micro-:    small  ex) microscopic
Macro-:   large  ex) macroscopic
Mono-:   one    ex) monopoly   
Poly-:      many  ex) Polygon
Tri-:       three    ex) tricycle

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