Scientific Method
A scientific idea that has not yet been tested
What is an hypothesis?
An example would be eating
What is obtaining and using energy?
The primary organ of the circulatory system
What is the heart?
A response where the body returns itself to stable internal conditions
What is a negative feedback loop?
The study of life
What is Biology?
A scientific idea that has been tested many times and supported by all experimental data
What is a Scientific Theory?
Taken as a group, organisms change over time
What is evolution?
The area where blood receives oxygen
What are the lungs?
A response when the body amplifies a change within itself
What is a positive feedback loop?
A collection of cells of one type that serve a single function in the body
What is a tissue?
Data which can be counted or measured
What is quantitative data?
An example would be moving away from an environment that is too hot
What is responding to their environment?
The stomach, esophagus, and intestines are part of this system
What is the digestive system?
A hormone that is released when blood glucose is too low that triggers the liver to break down stored sugar and release it into the bloodstream
What is glucagon?
The axis of a graph where the dependent variable goes
What is the y axis?
The variable changed by the experimenter
What is the independent variable?
The most basic component of all life on Earth
What are cells?
This system is responsible for sending and receiving messages from and to the body
What is the nervous system?
When the body is ____________ it responds by restricting blood flow to the skin (Vasoconstriction)
What is too cold?
The smallest component matter can be broken into
What is an Atom?
A group in an experiment that does not receive the independent variable
What is the control group?
Maintaining a stable internal environment
What is homeostasis?
The pancreas, adrenal glands, and hypothalamus are all part of this system
What is the endocrine system?
A response in the body triggered by the release of oxytocin
What is a contraction of the uterus?
Replication by many scientists, wide-scale acceptance, and a large body of evidence all increase this about a claim
What is trustworthiness?
The hormone released during birth that causes contractions
What is oxytocin?