Intro to Bio

Question 1

Properties of life

Answer 1

reproduction, growth/development, energy use/exertion, well-ordered structure, cells, response to the environment and evolutionary changes

Question 2

biosphere

Answer 2

all life on earth

Question 3

ecosystem

Answer 3

all living and non-living components

Question 4

community

Answer 4

all the interacting populations in ecosystem

Question 5

population

Answer 5

group of interacting individuals of one species

Question 6

organism

Answer 6

individual living being

Question 7

organ system

Answer 7

group of organs that work together (respiratory, digestive etc.)

Question 8

organ

Answer 8

multiple tissues that cooperate to perform special tasks

Question 9

tissue

Answer 9

integrated group of similar cells that work together

Question 10

organelle

Answer 10

component of a cell for specific function

Question 11

molecule

Answer 11

groups of atoms bonded together

Question 12

atom

Answer 12

fundamental unit og matter

Question 13

Hypothesis

Answer 13

proposed explanation to a question that can be investigated (observation and experimentation investigate a hypothesis)

Question 14

Theory

Answer 14

much broader explanation, well substantiated and comprehensive

Question 15

Controlled experiment

Answer 15

test is run multiple times with only one variable changing

Question 16

Independent vairable

Answer 16

what is being changed for the experiment

Question 17

Dependent Varaible

Answer 17

the response to the independent variable being changedN

Question 18

Negative control

Answer 18

a group for which a change is expected

Question 19

Positive control

Answer 19

a group for which a change is expected

Question 20

pseudoscience

Answer 20

field of study that is falsey presented as having scientific basis

Question 21

Peer review

Answer 21

evaluation of work by impartial, qualified, often anonymous experts who are not involved in that work (outside authorities help verify)

Question 22

Primary source

Answer 22

original material presented by the person who performed the research

Question 23

Secondary source

Answer 23

description/review of primary, often with commentary

Question 24

Scientific table

Answer 24

efficient way to present a lot of data in a small amount of space

Question 25

Evolution

Answer 25

descent with gradual modifications of ancestral species to modern ones, explains common characteristics throughout living things

Question 26

Structure and function often provide insight into each other
All activities of the cell require energy and matter

Question 27

Many inherits diseased result from improper info in the form of a gene mutation

Answer 27

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Question 28

At each new level of biological systems, novel properties emerge that are absent from the preceding one (a cell displays as emergent, which is not apparent in the individual parts that make up the cell)