Vocab

Question 1

The process of gathering info about events or processes in a careful orderly way

Answer 1

Observation

Question 2

Info gathered from observations

Answer 2

Data

Question 3

Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge or experience

Answer 3

Inference

Question 4

Proposed scientific explanation for a set of observations.

Answer 4

Hypothesis

Question 5

The idea that life could arise from non living matter

Answer 5

Spontaneous generation

Question 6

When one variable is changed at a time

Answer 6

Controlled experiment

Question 7

Variable that is deliberately changed

Answer 7

Manipulated variable

Question 8

A variable that changes in response to to the manipulated variable

Answer 8

Responding variable

Question 9

Well supported hypothesis

Answer 9

Theory

Question 10

Science that seeks to understand the living world

Answer 10

Biology

Question 11

Collection of non living matter enclosed by a barrier that separates the cell from its surroundings

Answer 11

Cell

Question 12

2 cells from different parents unite to produce the first cell of the new organism

Answer 12

Sexual reproduction

Question 13

New organism that has a single parent

Answer 13

Asexual reproduction

Question 14

The combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials as it carries out its life processes

Answer 14

Metabolism

Question 15

Signal to which an organism responds

Answer 15

Stimulus

Question 16

When an organism maintains its stable internal conditions

Answer 16

Homeostasis

Question 17

The ability of groups of organisms to change over time

Answer 17

Evolution

Question 18

Decimal system of measurement whose units are based on certain physical standards and are scaled on multiples of 10

Answer 18

Metric system

Question 19

Organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world.

Answer 19

Science