OYO
OYO 1.7 How many criteria do all living organisms possess
6 criteria
The study of life, The Greek word bios means "life" and -logy means "study of"
What is Biology
The basic building blocks of protiens each containing a carboxyl group and an amino group
Amino Acids
study of the interactions between living and nonliving things
What is Ecology
documenting individual activities, observations, and data acquired during experiments and includes a hypothesis
lab journal
Scientific laws can NOT be considered 100% reliable because experiments might be flawed and they are impossible to fully test.
The collected body of data from experiments and observations
What is Evidence
A table of the chemical elements arranged in order of atomic number
The periodic table
steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
what is the food chain
What needs to happen before an experiment is started
determine a Hypothesis
OYO 2.16 What property do all lipids share
All lipids are generally hydrophobic
An abrupt and marked change in the DNA of an organism compared to that of its parents
What is Mutation
the sum of the protons and neutrons in an atom
What is the Atomic Mass
this is an example of a simple food chain
plant, grasshopper, mouse, snake, hawk
What are the steps of an experiment
hypothesis/purpose, materials, procedure, results/conclusion
OYO 3.1 what are the 5 levels of organization that ecologists study in order of smallest to largest
they are populations, communities, ecosystems, biomes, and the biosphere.
A microscope that shines light through a specimen using two lenses to magnify an image
What is a Compound Light Microscope
This is the number of elements listed on the periodic table
What is 118 elements
this is what happens when a tree dies and slowly rots
it adds carbon dioxide to the air
this is a formal report used to document scientific experiments, data and results
what is a lab report
OYO 3.10 see question on pg 104
see pg 131.
This scientist believed in the theory of intelligent design but called it evidence of design.
Who is Antonie van Leeuewenhoek
two chains twist around one another in the double helix
what does DNA look like
should we be concerned about global warming
global warming has been documented for thousands of years and current trends is not unusual and is not only a result of using fossil fuels or human activities. We can trust God's plan for our earth since he designed it.
what were the experiments focused on in Mod 2.
water properties, how antacids neutralize acids, how enzyme functions can be destroyed