Chapter 1: The Study of Life

Question 1

Adaptation

Answer 1

Inherited characteristic of a species that develops over time in response to environmental factor, enabling the species to survive.

Question 2

Biology

Answer 2

Science of life; examines how living things interact, how systems function, and how they function at a molecular level.

Question 3

Biotic factor

Answer 3

Any living factor in an organism’s environment

Question 4

Development

Answer 4

Changes an organism undergoes in its lifetime before reaching its adult form.

Question 5

Energy

Answer 5

Ability to do work; energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.

Question 6

Evolution

Answer 6

Hereditary changes in groups of living organisms over time.

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Growth

Answer 7

Process that results in mass being added to an organism; may include formation of new cells and new structures.

Question 8

Homeostasis

Answer 8

Regulation for organism’s internal environment to maintain conditions needed for life.

Question 9

Organism

Answer 9

Anything that has or once had all the characteristics of life.

Question 10

Organization

Answer 10

Orderly structure shown by living things

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Reproduction

Answer 11

Production of offspring

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Response

Answer 12

Organism’s reaction to a stimulus

Question 13

Species

Answer 13

Of organisms that can be interbreed and produce fertile offspring

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Stimulus

Answer 14

Any change in an organism’s internal or external environment that causes the organism to react

Question 15

Analyze

Answer 15

Interpret

Question 16

Accuracy

Answer 16

How close a group of measurements are to the real or accepted value

Question 17

Bias

Answer 17

Particular preference of point of view that is personal, rather than scientific

Question 18

Bioethics

Answer 18

Study of controversial issues that develop as a result of a discovery made in biology

Question 19

Conclusion

Answer 19

A summary of the results in an investigation and what they mean

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Constant

Answer 20

A factor that remains fixed during an experiment with the independent and dependent variables change

Question 21

Control group

Answer 21

In a controlled environment, the group not receiving the factor being tested

Question 22

Data

Answer 22

Quantitative or qualitative information gained from scientific investigation

Question 23

Dependent variable

Answer 23

Factor being measured in a controlled environment; it’s value changes because of changes to the independent variable

Question 24

Error

Answer 24

The difference between the measured value and the real value

Question 25

Experimental group

Answer 25

Procedure performed in a controlled setting to test a hypothesis and collect precise data

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Field study

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Scientific study that takes place in a natural setting

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Hypothesis

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Tested explanation of a situation

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Independent variable

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The one factor that can be changed in a controlled environment; is the factor tested and affects the experiment outcome

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Inference

Answer 29

Assumption based on prior experience

Question 30

MSDS

Answer 30

Material Safety Data Sheets used in the lab explaining scientific hazards for all lab substances

Question 31

Objective

Answer 31

Based on fact and not influenced by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations.

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Observation

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Orderly, direct information gathered about a natural phenomenon

Question 33

Peer review

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A process in which the procedures use during an experiment may be repeated and the results are evaluated by scientists were in the same field or conducting similar research

Question 34

Precision

Answer 34

Refers to how close a group of measurements are to one another

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Pseudoscience

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Areas of study that tried to imitate science, often driven by cultural or commercial goals

Question 36

Qualitative data

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Include descriptions that are made strictly from observations

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Quantitative data

Answer 37

Include numerical values obtained by measuring

Question 38

Safety symbol

Answer 38

Logo representing us specific danger such as radioactivity, electrical or biological hazard, or irritants that may be presented in the lab activity or field investigation

Question 39

Science

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A body of knowledge based on the study of nature

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Scientific inquiry

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The planned and of the natural world

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Scientific method

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A series of problem-solving procedures that might include observations, forming a hypothesis, experimenting, gathering and analyzing data, and drawing conclusions

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SI

Answer 42

System of measurement used by scientists, abbreviation of the International System of Units

Question 43

Trial

Answer 43

Each repetition of an experiment

Question 44

Unbiased

Answer 44

To be objective, impartial, or fair

Question 45

Variable

Answer 45

Any factor that can affect the result of an experiment

Question 46

Abiotic factor

Answer 46

Any nonliving factor in an organism's environment, such as soil, water, temperature, and light availability.