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Every organism begins life as a(n) ___.
Single cell
Step 1: Ask a question.
Purpose
Give two reasons for studying biology.
1. Identify and solve problems in the environment.
2. Observe interactions between and their environment
any inherited structure, behavior, or internal process that enables an organism to respond to environmental factors and live to produce offspring.
Adaptation
The study of life.
Biology
_____ are examples of passive transport, which required no energy.
Osmosis, simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion
Step 2: Conduct background _____. Write down your sources so you can cite your references.
research
Multiple organs that work together to perform a specific life function.
Organ System
An organism’s surroundings.
Environment
Groups of cells that work together to perform a specific function.
Tissue
_____ is a factor that effects the growth of human population.
disease
Step 3: Propose a _____ - This is a sort of educated guess about what you expect; the if/then statement.
Hypothesis
Orderly structure.
Organization
Diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane depending on the concentration of solutes on either side of the membrane.
osmosis
Scientific research carried out for the sake of knowledge.
Pure science
Animals lose water when they ___.
Breathe out and Urinate
Step 4: Design and perform an ____ to test your hypothesis.
Experiment
The gradual change in a species through adaptations over time.
Evolution
The number of deaths per 1000 population in a given year.
death rate
The center of an atom.
Nucleus
In the US, ______ is taken every ten years to provide a picture of how many people there are in the country.
consensus
Step 5: Record observations and analyze what the data means. Often, you'll prepare a table or graph of the data.
Collect/analyze data
Anything that possesses all of the characteristics of life.
Organism
The capacity to do work.
Energy
Commonly known as SI
International System of Measurement