Things we Observed Things Scientists Use The Micro- scope Skills Scientists Use Things that Begin with C Misc
A group of simple plants that live in water or damp areas
Algae
Single-celled microorganism that are usually harmless
Bacteria!
A single-celled pear shaped microorganism usually found in pond water!
Blepharisma!
A type of green algae that live in colonies arranged in hollow spheres!
Volvox!
A roundworm that lives in vinegar!
Vinegar Eel!
An instrument used to detect changes in the atmosphere!
Barometer!
A device for viewing small things!
Microscope!
A sample used to represent an entire group!
Specimen!
A procedure used to investigate a scientific question!
Experiment!
Information gathered during an experiment!
Data!
The maximum view visible through the lens of a microscope!
Field of View!
To adjust the position of a lens to make an image clearer!
Focus!
A small piece of glass used to used to hold a specimen under a microscope!
Slide!
A piece of curved glass that bends light!
Lens!
The inventor of the Microscope!
Anton Leeuwenhoek!
To study something by breaking it into smaller parts!
Analyze!
To group things because of a shared characteristic!
Classify!
A prediction about how something works!
Hypothesis!
To think up something for the first time!
Invent!
A conclusion based on evidence!
Inference!
An animal that eats its own kind!
Cannibal!
Short hair like extensions that act like paddles!
Cilia!
A population of one species living in one place! 5 – 300
Colony! 5 – 300
Curved or rounded!
Convex!
A scientific investigation in which one variable is changed and all the others remain constant !
Controlled Experiment!
Long whip like structures to help organisms move!
Flagella!
To produce a new organism of the same species!
Reproduce!
Synonym for Clear!
Transparent!
A living Creature!
Organism!
A tiny organism that can be seen only under a microscope!
Microbe!