An organized way of studying the natural world around us
What is science?
100
The part of the Earth where all life exists
What is the biosphere?
100
a well tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
What is a theory?
100
the number of cells in the average human
What is 75-100 trillion?
200
The smallest functioning unit of all living things
What is a cell
200
recorded observations
What is data?
200
a community and its nonliving surroundings
What is an ecosystem?
200
An educated guess
What is a hypothesis?
200
This is where our DNA is found within our cells
What is the nucleus?
300
bacteria cells reproduce using this method.
What is asexual reproduction?
300
What you change in an experiment
What is the Independent Variable?
300
Group of organisms of one species that live in the same area
What is a population?
300
Information gathered from one or more of the five senses
What is an observation?
300
our nerves, brain and spinal cord makes up this system
What is the nervous system?
400
This is the full name for DNA
What is Deoxyribonucleic acid
400
An explanation or prediction based on observation and prior knowledge
What is an inference?
400
What cells are made of (smaller units)
What are atoms and molecules?
400
a signal in which an organism responds
What is a stimulus?
400
1000 milligrams
What is 1 gram?
500
These are six of the eight characteristics of living things
What are (any six of the following): made of cells, reproduce, have DNA, grow and develop, maintain homeostasis, evolution, obtain energy, respond to stimuli
500
These are the five steps to the scientific method
What is: ask a question, background research, construct a hypothesis, experiment, conclusion
500
The definition of a species
What are organisms that can reproduce and produce fertile offspring?