Introduction

Question 0

What is Biology?

Answer 0

The study of living things.

Question 1

What is the Scientific Method?

Answer 1

A way of answering a scientific question or problem.

Question 2

What are observations?

Answer 2

Data we collect using our senses.

Question 3

What is a Qualitative observation?

Answer 3

information that uses descriptions.

Question 4

What is a Quantitative observation?

Answer 4

information that uses numbers and measurements.

Question 5

What is a Hypothesis?

Answer 5

A possible explanation to a scientific question or observations

Question 6

What is an experiment?

Answer 6

An organized way to test a hypothesis.

Question 7

What variable is changed deliberately by the experimentor?

Answer 7

independent

Question 8

Which variable is the result (response) to what you are testing?

Answer 8

dependent

Question 9

Which variable is used as a comparison, to prove your results are due to what you are testing?

Answer 9

control

Question 10

Which variable never changes during the experiment?

Answer 10

constant

Question 11

This was the theory that living things came from non-living matter. Like mice come from bags of grain or fish come from mud.

Answer 11

Spontaneous Generation

Question 12

All living things are composed of these…the smallest unit of life.

Answer 12

cells

Question 13

Living things, when it comes to cells, can be either _______ or _______.

Answer 13

unicellular, multicellular

Question 14

This is the process of creating more living things.

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reproduction

Question 15

reproduction that involves only one parent cell.

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asexual

Question 16

reproduction that involves two parent cells

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sexual

Question 17

All living things will grow and develop, meaning they have a…

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Life cycle

Question 18

This is a collection of chemical reactions that either produce or use energy.

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Metabolism

Question 19

A tree changing colors, dogs shedding, you changing your wardrobe, bacteria moving away from light…

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Response to stimuli

Question 20

This is the process living things use to maintain a relatively stable internal environment

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homeostasis

Question 21

This is the theory that all living things change over time

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evolution

Question 22

This is a set of measurements, based on 10’s, that is standard in all areas of science

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metric system

Question 23

This is a device that produces a magnified image of an object that is too small to see with the unaided eye.

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microscope

Question 24

This microscope will pass a beam of electrons over the surface of a sample to create a 3D image up to 1 million X magnification

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scanning electron microscope

Question 25

This type of microscope uses a electrons to pass through thin sample to create an image up to 1 million X magnification.

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transmission electron microscope

Question 26

The process of living things with favorable traits surviving and reproducing.

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Natural selection

Question 26

Favorable traits in an organism.

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Adaptations

Question 26

This area of biology shows unity…it’s all the interactions of diverse living things with each other and their environment.

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Ecology

Question 26

This is needed to share work with others for review. It also keeps the scientist honest and unbiased.

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Communication.

Question 26

This is the process of checking your results to see if they are reliable and support your hypothesis (or not).

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Analyzing your data!

Question 27

Cells working together

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Tissue

Question 28

Groups of tissues with similar functions

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Organ

Question 29

A series of organs performing a function

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Organ System

Question 30

More than one organ system working together

Answer 30

Organism