This document contains vocabulary terms from various topics in life science including experimental design, cells, parts of cells, heredity and DNA, and evolution and the geologic time scale. It lists over 100 key terms organized under topic headings such as diffusion, mitosis, cell theory, DNA, natural selection, plate tectonics, and more. The terms are fundamental concepts for understanding life science.

1. Life Science
Vocabulary
First Semester

2. Experimental Design Vocab
 hypothesis  Meterstick
 constants  Graduated cylinder
 Independentvariable  Triple beam balance
 Dependent variable  Procedure
 Control  Conclusion
 Data table  Metric system
 Graphs  Liter
 Volume  Meter
 Area  gram
 mass  Thermometer

3. Cells in Action Vocabulary
 Diffusion  Mitosis
 Osmosis  Chromosome
 Passive  Homologous
transport
chromosome
 Active transport
 Interphase
 Endocytosis
 Prophase
 Exocytosis  Metaphase
 Photosynthesis  Anaphase
 Glucose  telophase
 Cellular respiration  Cytokinesis
 fermentation  centromere

4. Parts of the Cells Vocabulary
 Cell  Endoplasmic
 Cell theory reticulum
 Robert Hooke  Mitochondria
 Anton van  Golgi complex
Leewenhoek  Vesicle
 Cell membrane  Lysosome
 Organelle  Vacuole
 Nucleus  Chloroplast
 Prokaryote  Tissue
 Eukaryote  Organ
 Cell wall  Organ system
 ribosome  organism

5. Heredity & DNA Vocabulary
 Gregor Mendel  Selective breeding
 Heredity  DNA
 Dominant trait  Nucleotide
 Recessive trait  Rosalind Franklin
 Gene  Watson & Crick
 Phenotype
 Transfer RNA (tRNA)
 Genotype
 Messenger RNA
 Meiosis
(mRNA)
 Sex chromosomes
 Mutation
 Walter Sutton
 Substitution
 Sex-linked disorder
 Insertion
 Punnett Square
 deletion

6. Evolution & GTS Vocabulary
 Adaptation  Absolute dating
 Species  Geologic Time
 Evolution Scale
 Fossil  Extinct
 Charles Darwin  Plate tectonics
 Natural selection  Pangaea
 Overproduction  Precambrian Time
 Inherited variation  Paleozoic Era
 Struggle to survive  Mesozoic Era
 Successful reproduction  Cenozoic Era
 Speciation  Hominid
 Relative dating  Homo sapien
 Neanderthal