Vocab

Question 1

Process of gathering information about events or processes in a careful, organized way

Answer 1

Observation

Question 2

Information gathered by 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

Idea that life could arise from non living matter

Answer 5

Spontaneous generation

Question 6

One variable at a time is changed

Answer 6

Controlled experiment

Question 7

Variable that is deliberately changed

Answer 7

Manipulated variable

Question 8

Changes in response to the manipulated variable

Answer 8

Responding variable

Question 9

Widely accepted hypothesis

Answer 9

Theory

Question 10

Study of life

Answer 10

Biology

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Cell

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Sexual reproduction

Question 13

New organism has a single parent

Answer 13

Asexual reproduction

Question 14

chemical reactions involved in maintaining the living state of the cells and the organism

Answer 14

Metabolism

Question 15

Signal to which an organism responds

Answer 15

Stimulus

Question 16

Organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world

Answer 16

Science