Characteristics of Living Things
When one organism responds to environmental stimuli once.
What is a response?
A change in size.
What is growth?
Structures within cells
What are organelles?
An explanation for how something in the natural world works that is supported by evidence
What is a scientific theory?
Numerical data, for example, the number of children in a family and the height of each child.
What is quantitative data?
Viruses can spillover to be able to infect a new species because of this
What is their DNA mutates?
A change in shape or form.
What is development?
What is an ecosystem?
An event that was observed or measured
What is a scientific fact?
A variable in an experiment that changes as a result of another variable changing
What is the Dependent Variable?
When an entire population of organisms responds to a long term change in the environment.
What is adaptation?
The process of producing offspring.
What is reproduction?
Many different species of living things in one area
What is a community?
A statement that answers a question but still needs to be tested
What is a hypothesis?
A variable in an experiment that is changed to see if it has an effect
What is an independent variable?
The chemical reactions and processes that occur within a living organism to obtain or use energy.
What is metabolism?
The theory that living things come from living things.
What is biogenesis?
Multiple tissues working together to perform a function
What is an organ?
A description of a pattern that exists in nature
What is a scientific law?
A variable in an experiment that does not change
What is a Controlled Variable?
A state of maintained internal physical and chemical stability and balance.
What is homeostasis?
The passing of traits from parent to offspring.
What is heredity?
Multiple atoms connected by chemical bonds
What are molecules?
A hypothesis can transform into one of these two things if supported by enough evidence
What is a scientific theory or scientific law?
A component in an experiment used for comparison that does not include the independent variable
What is the Control Group?