1. Science

Question 1

What is the goal of science?

Answer 1

• Explore, explain, and understand nature
• Make predictions

Question 2

Science

Answer 2

• Systematically organized way of using evidence to understand the natural world
• Evolving body of knowledge

Question 3

Observation

Answer 3

• Using one’s senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste) to gather information

Question 4

Data

Answer 4

• Information collected from observations

Question 5

Inference

Answer 5

• A logical conclusion based on experience or evidence

Question 6

Hypothesis

Answer 6

• Possible explanation for a scientific question or observation
• Only relevant if it can be tested

Question 7

How do scientists test their hypothesis?

Answer 7

• With an experiment
• Testing one variable at a time (if possible)

Question 8

Scientific Theory

Answer 8

• A thoroughly tested explanation that connects a wide range of observations
• Example: Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection

Question 9

Spontaneous Generation

Answer 9

• Hypothesis that has been discredited stating that life originated from nonliving matter

Question 10

Controlled Experiment

Answer 10

• Experiment where only one variable is changed at a time
• All other variables are unchanged or controlled

Question 11

Manipulated Variable

Answer 11

• Variable that is intentionally changed
• Example: Coffee before an exam, one class drinks coffee before taking an exam and another class does not
• Manipulated Variable is also called the Independent Variable

Question 12

Responding Variable

Answer 12

• Variable that is observed and changed in response to the manipulated variable
• Example: Test grade (with and without coffee)
• Responding variable is also called the Dependent Variable

Question 13

Name 9 characteristics of all living things

Answer 13

• All living things:
  
  1. Are made up of Cells
  2. Reproduce
  3. Grow
  4. Change over time
  5. Have a common Genetic Code
  6. Use Energy
  7. Respond to their Environment
  8. Adapt to their Environment
  9. Maintain a Stable Internal Environment
• Remember: SEA-CC-GG-RR

Question 14

Biology

Answer 14

• The study of living organisms

Question 15

Name the 6 levels of how life can be studied?

Answer 15

1. Molecules
2. Cells
3. Organisms
4. Populations of a single organism
5. Communities of populations living in the same area
6. Biosphere

• Remember: My Cat Only Purrs Can’t Bark

Question 16

Cell

Answer 16

• Basic unit of living organisms
• A cluster of living matter surrounded by a barrier that separates the cell from it’s surroundings