The Study of Life
The scientific study of living things
What is Biology?
A group of related parts that work together to make a whole
What is a system?
This is a possible answer to a scientific question and must be able to be tested
What is a hypothesis?
A tool that provides and enlarged image of the object
What is a microscope?
Small living things that cannot be seen by the naked eye
What are microorganisms?
A specific type of living thing that can reproduce
What is species?
The ability of an organism to keep internal conditions the same
What is homeostasis?
A factor in an experiment that do not change
What is a constant?
A segment of DNA that stores genetic information
What is a gene?
Meaning of GMO
What is genetically modified organism?
The location where biodiversity is the greatest
what is the equator?
This is a change that occurs in populations over time
What is evolution?
The part of the Scientific Method in which scientists evaluate data and conclusions presented by other scientists
What is peer review?
Total magnification is found by multiplying these two things
What is eye piece and objective lens?
An organism that has genes from a different species
What is transgenic organism?
Scientific understanding is limited by this
What is technology?
This is a system of all biotic and abiotic things
What is an ecosystem?
This is used to test hypotheses
What is an experiment?
Field of view __________ as magnification increases
What is decreases?
This kind of testing can determine if someone has a genetic disorder
What is genetic testing?
This is responsible for the discovery of cells
What is a microscope?
This is related to and affects the function of living things
What is structure?
A proposed explanation for a wide range of observations and experimental results that is supported by a wide range of evidence
What is a theory?
The entire DNA sequence of an organism is called ______
What is a genome?
Questions about right or wrong
What is ethics?