Part 1 Flashcards
Organization
High degree of order within an organisms internal and external parts and in its interactions with the living world
Biology
The study of life and can be used to both solve societal problems and explain aspects of our daily lives
Cell
The smallest unit of an organism that can perform all life’s processes
Multicellular Organisms
Made up of many cells and show a hierarchy of organization going from the organism to the atom
Stimulus
A physical or chemical change in the internal or external environment
Homeostasis
The maintenance of a stable level of internal conditions even though environmental conditions are constantly changing
Metabolism
The sum of all the chemical reactions that take in and transform energy and materials from the environment
Growth
Results from the division and enlargement of cells
Development
The process by which an organism becomes a mature adult
Reproduction
When living organisms pass on hereditary information from parents to offspring
Evolve
Change through time
Scientific Method
Making observations, asking questions, forming hypotheses, making predictions, designing experiments, analyzing data, and drawing conclusions
Observation
The act of perceiving a natural occurrence that causes someone to pose a question
Hypothesis
A proposed explanation for the way a particular aspect of the natural world functions
Controlled experiment
It compares an experimental group and a control group and only has one variable
