Biology SOL Review

What is being tested in the experiment, MUST be different between the groups. DON"T get it mixed up with the organism they are testing it on! Listed in the title and the column in a chart with changing numbers.

The DATA that is collected from the experiment.

The group in the experiment that DOES NOT GET the treatment. (The group that has everything the same except the independent variable). Represented by a 0 (zero) in the chart or the words No or none.

All of the supplies, temperatures, etc., that have to be the same in the experiment.

What you THINK will happen in the experiment. MUST be TESTED in order to be valid, or its just an opinion!

A WELL-TESTED Explanation based on lots of hypotheses that has been tested repeatedly again & again and gotten the same results again & again.

The outcome of the experiment-Did the test work or not.

Proteins that work as catalysts to speed up reactions! Only work best at specific temperatures or specific pH's. IF the shape is damaged, the enzyme won't work.

1. All living things are made of cells 2. New Cells only come from the division of existing cells. 3. Cells are the smallest basic units of structure and sunction of life.

Bacterial Cells that DO NOT have a nucleus or other organelles. DNA is floating freely like spaghetti! Looks like a hairy pill. Can be treated with antibiotics.

Cells that have DNA Bound in a Nucleus and other membrane bound organelles. Eukaryotes are All Plants, Animals, Protists, Fungi.

Considered Not Living- Have DNA and RNA,, but cannot reproduce on their own. CANNOT BE Treated with antibiotics, only vaccines/shots.

Always a professional journal such as New England Journal of Medicine. NEVER a newspaper, tabloid, or news program.

Genetic Material-free in a Prokaryote/Bacteria. In a nucleus in Eukaryotes. All cells have DNA

The Gatekeeper-controls what enters and leaves by communicating with the inside and outside of the cell. All cells have Cell Membranes.