Biology In The 21st Century

Question 1

Biology

Answer 1

Study of all forms of life

Question 2

Biosphere

Answer 2

All living things and all the places they are found

Question 3

Organisms

Answer 3

Any individual living thing

Question 4

What characteristics do all organisms share?

Answer 4

Need energy for a metabolism
Made of one or more cells
Respond to the environment
Have DNA that they pass on to an offspring

Question 5

What must organisms maintain for survival?

Answer 5

Homeostasis

Question 6

Homeostasis

Answer 6

Maintenance of constant internal conditions

Question 7

Scientific method

Answer 7

An organized systematic approach used in scientific study for scientists to verify there and others work

Question 8

What are the steps of the scientific method?

Answer 8

Observation
Form a hypothesis
Experimentation
Conclusion

Question 9

Observation

Answer 9

Act of gathering data (qualitative and quantitative)

Question 10

Qualitative data

Answer 10

No #s (hot, blue, cold, rainy)

Question 11

Quantitative data

Answer 11

Information with #s (80%, temperature)

Question 12

Hypothesis

Answer 12

Tentative or changeable explanation for what has been observed

Question 13

Experimentation

Answer 13

A set of controlled observation that test the hypothesis and identify variables

Question 14

Independent variable

Answer 14

The thing that you change in the experiment

Question 15

Dependent variable

Answer 15

The thing that changes because you change the independent variable

Question 16

Constant

Answer 16

Something that doesn’t change

Question 17

Control

Answer 17

The standard for comparison

Question 18

Conclusion

Answer 18

Judgement based on the information obtained

Question 19

Graphs need

Answer 19

Title (specific)
Independent variable (x axis)
Dependent variable (y axis)
Legend
To scale
Connect the dots