Test #1 - Chapter 1

Question 1

What are the properties of life?

Answer 1

G- Growth and Development
R- Reproduction
O- Order
C- Cells
E- Energy Use and Evolution
R- Respond to the Environment

Question 2

Consists of all living things on Earth.

Answer 2

Biosphere

Question 3

Consists of the living and non-living things components.

Answer 3

Ecosystem

Question 4

Consists of all the interacting populations in an ecosystem.

Answer 4

Community

Question 5

A group of interacting individuals of one species.

Answer 5

Population

Question 6

An individual living being.

Answer 6

Organism

Question 7

A group of organs that work together.

Answer 7

Organ System

Question 8

Consists of multiple tissues that cooperate to perform a specific task.

Answer 8

Organ

Question 9

An integrated group of similar cells that work together.

Answer 9

Tissue

Question 10

The fundamental unit of life.

Answer 10

Cell

Question 11

A component of the cell that performs a specific function.

Answer 11

Organelle

Question 12

A group of atoms bonded together.

Answer 12

Molecule

Question 13

The fundamental unit of matter.

Answer 13

Atom

Question 14

Proposed explanation to a question that can be investigated.

Answer 14

Hypothesis

Question 15

Series of steps that can provide insight about the natural world.

Answer 15

Scientific Method

Question 16

A much broader explanation, well substantiated and comprehensive.

Answer 16

Theory

Question 17

A test ran multiple times with only one changing variable.

Answer 17

Controlled Experiment

Question 18

The thing that is being manipulated as a potential cause.

Answer 18

Independent Variable

Question 19

The response, output, or effect under investigation.

Answer 19

Dependent Variable

Question 20

A group for which no change is expected.

Answer 20

Negative Control

Question 21

A group for which a change is expected.

Answer 21

Positive Control

Question 22

A phenomenon in which a patient feels better after merely believing treatment was given, even if none was actually given.

Answer 22

Placebo Effect

Question 23

One’s way of knowing the world.

Answer 23

Science

Question 24

Any field of study that is falsely presented as having a scientific basis.

Answer 24

Pseudoscience

Question 25

The evaluation of work by impartial, qualified, often anonymous experts who are not involved in that work.

Answer 25

Peer Review

Question 26

Original material presented for the first time by the person who performed the research.

Answer 26

Primary Source

Question 27

A description or review of primary sources, often containing commentary.

Answer 27

Secondary Source

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Table

Question 29

A means of displaying data visually, which can help to summarize and compare information.

Answer 29

Graph

Question 30

The decent with gradual modifications of ancestral species to modern day ones, explains the common characteristics throughout living things.

Answer 30

Evolution

Question 31

A process in which organisms with certain inherited characters are more likely to survive and reproduce than are organisms with other characters.

Answer 31

Natural Selection