A body of knowledge based on the the study of the natural world
What is Science
100
A direct method of gathering information in an orderly way
What is an observation
100
The non living factors in an organism's environment
What are abiotic factors
100
An organism that collects energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to produce food
What is an autotroph
200
The basic unit of structure and function in all living things
What is a cell
200
A process by which the procedures and results of an experiment are evaluated by other scientists who are in the same field or conducting similar research
What is peer review
200
A conclusion drawn from combining what you know with what you have observed
What is an inference
200
A group of interacting populations that occupy the same geographic area at the same time
What is a biological community
200
an organism that gets its energy by consuming other organisms
What is a heterotroph
300
The process of natural changes that take place over the life of an organism
What is development
300
An explanation of a natural phenomenon supported by many experiments and observations over time
What is a scientific theory
300
A testable explanation of a situation
What is a hypothesis
300
A large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar types of communities
What is a biome
300
A simple model that shows how energy flows through an ecosystem
What is a food chain
400
Anything that is part of an organism's environment that causes a reaction
What is a stimulus
400
It describes relationships under certain conditions in nature
What is a scientific law
400
The group in an experiment that is used for comparison, it has no variables applied to it
What is the control group
400
The role or position that an organism has in it's environment, how it meets its needs for food, shelter, and reproduction
What is a niche
400
A chemical substance that an organism must obtain from its environment to sustain life
What is a nutrient
500
Regulation of an organism's internal conditions to maintain life
What is homeostasis
500
The ability to understand and reason with basic scientific concepts
What is Scientific Literacy
500
This results from or depends on the factor in an experiment that changes
What is the dependent variable
500
The act of one organism pursuing and consuming another for food