BIO SA Flashcards
Biology
The study of life.
Biologist
The scientist who study about living organism.
Organism
Living things that has an organized structure, react to stimuli, reproduce, grow, adapt, and mantain homeostasis.
Scientific Method
- Observation and Question
- Research
- Hypothesis
- Experiment
- Analysis and conclusion
- Share the result
Hypothesis
Our prediction for the experiment.
Types of Variables
- Dependent
- Independent
- Controlled
Dependent Variable
A variable that is affected by the independent variable and will be measured in the experiment
Independent Variable
A variable that is changed throughout the experiment
Controlled Variable
A variable that will always stay the same in the experiment
MRS GREN
Movement, Respiration, Sensing, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition.
Heterotroph
Living things that get food by eating other living things.
Autrotoph
Living things that can make their own food by photosynthesis.
Vertebrates
Animals that have a backbone like mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, and reptiles.
Invertebrates
Animals that don’t have a backbone like Arthropods, Molluscs, Echinoderms, Cnidarians, Annelids, Nematodes, Flatworms.
Flowering plants
Plants that produce flowers like monocotyledons and dicotyledons.