Biology
What does the term fauna describe?
plants
How many independent variables will a good scientific experiment include?
1
A conclusion based on reasoning from evidence?
inference
A diurnal organism is active when?
day time/during the day
What is the science of classification?
taxonomy
order
Some experiments include a group that is used as a standard for comparison. The factor being tested is present in the other groups but is absent in this group. What type of group is this?
Control group
Reasoning from a specific evidence to a more general conclusion is ___________ reasoning.
inductive
What kind of environment does a bluejay live in?
arboreal
What are substances in food that provide living things with energy?
nutrients
What term refers to a distinct type of living thing?
species
What are conditions in an experiment that are the same for all groups?
controlled variables
What is the term for the study of reasoning?
logic
Flora refers to?
plant life
What are the hot springs on the ocean floor called?
hydrothermal vents
The sum of all chemical processes in life
metabolism
What are the three main steps of the scientific method?
Observation
Hypothesis
Experimentation
What kind of reasoning uses general evidence to come to a more specific conclusions?
deductive
What kingdom includes a lion?
Animalia
What term describes a living thing in an inactive state?
dormant/dormancy
The smallest unit of a living thing that is said to be alive
cell
A photograph of a dog provides a partial representation of what dogs are like, it is a scientific _________ of dogs
model
The scientific term for facts about nature is ______?
Data
habitat
A plant of animal that consists of more than one cell/many cells?
multicellular