Living Things
What is the basic unit of life?
The cell
What is an educated, testable explanation for an observation?
Hypothesis
What is biology?
The study of life
According to biblical worldview, who created living things?
God
A sunflower bends towards light. What characteristic of life does this demonstrate?
Response to Stimuli
What word describes keeping the body's internal conditions relatively stable?
Homeostasis
What do scientists use their senses to gather?
Observations/Data
A living thing
What book of the Bible describes the creation of living things?
Genesis
You measure a plant and record that it's 17 cm tall. Is that qualitative or quantitative data?
Quantitative
What characteristic of life allows organisms of their own kind?
Reproduction
In an experiment, what is the factor that can change?
A Variable
What instrument allows biologists to observe things too small to see clearly with the naked eye?
Microscope
According to Genesis, humans were created in whose image?
God's image
You're sweating because you're hot. What characteristic of living things does this help demonstrate?
Homeostasis
Organisms detect and react to changes in their surroundings. What characteristics of life is this?
Response of Stimuli
Why should an experiment have a control?
It provides something to compare the experimental results against
What is metabolism?
The chemical processes occurring within an organism that sustain life
What responsibility did God give Adam and Eve?
Dominion/Stewardship over creation
A scientist notices that plants near a window grow faster than plants farther away. Is that an observation or a hypothesis?
Observation
Name four characteristics of living things.
Organization, cells, metabolism, growth, reproduction, response to stimuli, and homeostasis
A student think fertilizer makes plants grow taller. What would be the independent variable in an experiment testing this?
The fertilizer
What's the difference between qualitative and quantitative observations?
Qualitative describes using words and quantitative involve numbers/meaurements
How does a biblical worldview affect the way a Christina biologist studies living things?
Accept answers recognizing creation as God's work and studying/caring for it
A scientist says, "Plants receiving more sunlight will grow faster." What is that statement?
Hypothesis