Online Test Practice
The Process of Natural Changes that take place during an organisms life is called.
Growth
Define Ethics
A set of moral principles or values.
What Branch of science studies the origin, structure, and function of living things.
Biology
Define Growth
The addition of mass to an organism.
What unit if part of the International System of Units.
A. Pound
B. Inch
C. meter
D. Gallon
C. Meter
What is the branch of knowledge based off the study of nature called.
Science
Define homeostasis
A stable internal envionment
Scientist develop ______ explaining phenomena they observe and experiment with.
Theories
Define Data
Information gained from an experiment.
Humans are able to produce there own heat. This is an example of what?
Homeostasis
A _______ is any part of an organism's environment that causes a reaction
Stimulus
Define response
Reaction to a stimulus
What is it called when DNA data are used in legal cases.
Forensic Science
Define Experiment
Investigate a phenomenon in a controlled setting to get an hypothesis.
Living things display ______, which means they are arranged in an orderly way.
Orginization
What factor remains fixed during an experiment
Constant
Define Independent Variable
The tested factor that might effect the outcome of the experiment.
How is biology used to improve agricultural.
Genetic Engineering
Define Dependent Variable
Results from or depends on changes to the independent factor.
A scientific ___ describes relationships under certain conditions in nature but does not explain why the relationship is the way it is.
Law
Ability of understand and reason with basic scientific concepts is an example of what?
Scientific Literacy
Define Qualitative Data
Data you get from your senses.
Why is the metric system used important in scientific research?
Allows scientists to repeat past research using same measurements.
Define Quantitative Data
Data you get from numbers.
A testable explanation of a situation.
Hypothesis