What is Biology?
Tools of Biology
Scientific Method
Characteristics of Biology
Lab Safety
100
What is biology?
The study of life.
100
What tool can you use to measure volume?
Graduated Cylinder
100
What is a hypothesis?
is an explanation that might be true--a statement that can be tested by additional observations or experimentation.
100
This is the maintenance of stable internal conditions in spite of changes in the external environment
What is homeostasis?
100
You should always walk, and never _____ in the lab.
What is run?
200
What is the smallest unit of life?
cell
200
What tool is used to measure length?
ruler
200
What is a control group?
it is a group in an experiment that receives no experimental treatment
200
What is the change in inherited characteristics of species from one generation to the next?
Evolution
200
This should be worn to protect a scientist's clothes.
What is a lab coat?
300
What is metabolism?
The sum of all the chemical reactions that take in and transform energy and materials from the environment.
300
What tool is used to pour liquids into small openings?
funnel
300
What is an independent variable?
The variable that is changed in an experiment.
300
The process by which organisms make more of their own kind from one generation to the next
What is reproduction?
300
This is located in the lab and contains things like band-aids.
What is a first aid kit?
400
What's the difference between growth and development?
Growth is an increase in size. Development is the process by which an organism becomes a mature adult.
400
What is used to dispense very small amounts of liquid?
An eyedropper
400
What is a theory?
A set of hypotheses confirmed to be true.
400
The sum of all of the chemical reactions carried out in an organism.
What is metabolism?
400
This is used to put out fires in the lab.
What is a fire extinguisher?
500
What are the 8 characteristics of life?
Cells/organization Respond to stimuli Homeostasis Metabolism Growth Development Reproduction Evolve
500
What tool is used to measure the mass of an object?
Triple beam balance
500
What is the dependent variable?
The variable that is measured in an experiment
500
What is natural selection?
The process by which organisms with favorable traits are better able to survive and reproduce than organisms that lack these traits.
500
The safety equipment we need to wear in the lab to protect our eyes.
What are goggles?
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