The ability to maintain an internal environment even when the outside is different.
Homeostasis
100
In an experiment, the group in which all conditions are kept the same.
Control
100
In an experiment, what is the test group? The group in which all conditions are kept the same except for the single condition being tested.
Experimental Group
100
Anything that possesses all of the characteristics of life
Organism
200
What is the study of life?
Biology
200
The condition or variable in an experiment that is tested.
Independent variable
200
In an experiment, the condition or variable that results from changes in the variable being tested. This is what you observe or measure.
Dependent Variable
200
How many grams are in a kilogram?
1,000 g
300
The gradual change in a species through adaptations over time
Evolution
300
an explanation for a question or a problem that can be formally tested
hypothesis
300
HYPOTHESIS: The solubility of sugar in water increases as the temperature of the water decreases. Identify the independent and dependent variables
IV: Temperature of Water, DV: Solubility of sugar
300
Give me an example of an organism responding to a stimulus. Label the stimulus and response
Answers will vary
400
Any structure, behavior, or internal process that enables an organism to respond to environmental factors and live to produce offspring
Adaptation
400
The common steps that scientists use to gather information and answer questions are collectively known as _____________________
Scientific Methods
400
What is the dependent and independent variables of the following statement? The number of red blood cells in a mouse’s blood at different levels of iron in its diet
IV: Levels of iron in its diet, DV: Number of red blood cells
400
If a hypothesis is supported by many experiments and a lot of data, the best term to describe the "correctness" of the hypothesis is that it is now known as a _____________.
theory
500
Define species
Organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
500
List five steps of the scientific method in order
Observations, Question, Hypothesis, Experiment or test you hypothesis, & Conclusions
500
We want to know if the brown tree snake is responsible for the decline in bird populations. Group 1: There are no brown tree snakes. Group 2: We add 10 brown tree snakes. Which group is the control?
Group 1
500
Give me five characteristics of life.
Growth or Development, Reproduction, All living things are made of one or more cells, Adjust to surroundings or adaptations, Homeostasis, abiltiy to respond to a stimulus, orderly structure or organization