science

• Magnification


  To enlarge an image
• Litmus paper


  Measures the pH level
• Base

  The bottom part of the microscope
• Acid


  Invokes the image of strong solutions
• Non-metals


  Poor conductor of electricity
• Ecosystem


  A functional unit of life that includes more than a community
• Abiotic components


  Non-living physical and chemical elements in the ecosystem
• Eyepiece


  Where the person looks through
• Crystallization


  Separating of solid in the form of crystal when saturated solutions
• Suspension


  Solid particles do not dissolve in liquid
• Observation


  Noting a fact or occurrence using the five senses
• Scientific method


  Process of discovering and answering a problem
• Fungi


  Eukaryotic organisms which feed on decaying organic matter
• Homogenesis


  Passes through the same stages of development
• Organism


  An individual living thing
• Cell


  Basic unit of living organisms
• Filtration


  Wherein solid particles are separated from liquid
• Compound


  Composed of 2 or more elements chemically combined in fixed proportions
• Carnivore


  An animal who eats another animal
• Herbivore


  An animal who eats plants
• Metal


  Good conductors of electricity
• Metalloid


  Also called semi-metals, share properties of metal and non-metal
• Biome


  Consist of various ecosystems that have common characteristics
• Mixture


  Combination of 2 or more substances
• Euphotic zone


  Plenty of light is available at this zone
• Protozoans

  Animal-like protist
• Saprotrophs


  Fungi that obtain nutrients from dead plants and animals
• Diaphragm


  Controls the amount of light reaching the specimen
• Microscope


  A device used to produce a larger view of minute objects
• Melt


  To become altered from solid to liquid state