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Unit 1 (Characteristics of Life, Scientific Method, Experimental Design) Flashcards

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Characteristics of Life

What are the 9 characteristics of life?

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Homeostasis, Response to Stimuli, Growing and Developing, Cells, Organization, Reproduction, DNA, Energy, Adaptations

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Characteristics of Life

What is homeostasis?

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Keeping the body in a balanced state

ex; placing a fish in their wrong habitat will kill it

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Characteristics of Life

What are the levels of organization?

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Atom, Molecule, Organelle, Cell, Tissue, Organ , Organ system, Organism

(in order from smallest to largest)

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Characteristics of Life

True or False: Viruses are made out of cells

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False

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Characteristics of Life

What are the two main factors in the structure of a virus?

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Nucleic Acid and Capsid

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Characteristics of Life

Why do most biologists consider viruses to be non living?

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All living things are made of cells and viruses aren’t made out of them

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The Scientific Method

1st step

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Make observations

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The Scientific Method

2nd step

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Ask a question

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The Scientific Method

3rd step

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Background research

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The Scientific Method

4th step

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Hypothesis

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The Scientific Method

5th step

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Design an experiment to test your hypothesis

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The Scientific Method

6th step

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Perform experiment and collect data

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The Scientific Method

Last step

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Draw conclusions

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The Scientific Method

What is quantitative data?

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Counting or Measuring

(length, volume, weight)

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The Scientific Method

What is qualitative data?

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Descriptive or Observed

(color, texture, smell)

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The Scientific Method

What is an observation?

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Finding information by examining something

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The Scientific Method

What is an inference?

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A logical conclusion based on prior knowledge or observations

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Experimental Design Definitions

Hypothesis

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Prediction

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Experimental Design Definitions

Independent Variable

A

The factor being changed in an experiment

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Experimental Design Definitions

Levels of IV

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The different groups being experimented with

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Experimental Design Definitions

Experimental Groups

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The variable is being tested

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Experimental Design Defintions

Control Group

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The variable in it’s regular state

(used as comparison)

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Experimental Design Definitions

Dependent Variable

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The variable that’s measured

(the dependent variable DEPENDS on the independent variable)

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Experimental Design Definitons

Constants

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What is kept the same throughout the experiment

(other than the independent variable)

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