Scientific Method
The difference between the variable that is manipulated and the one that is measured
What is independent vs. dependent variables?
Minimum unit of organization of matter considered alive
What is a cell?
Scientist who proposed natural selection
Who is Charles Darwin?
Theory that says life comes only from pre-existing life
What is Biogenesis?
Main function of carbohydrates
What is to provide energy?
Variables that must stay the same along the experiment
What are the controlled variables?
The ability of living things to respond to environmental stimuli
What is irritability?
Scientist who proposed the inheritance of acquired traits
Who is Lamarck?
Last name of the scientist who used the Gooseneck flask in his experiments and disprove the Spontaneous generation theory
Who is Pasteur?
Carbohydrate that is the main energy source for cells
Which is glucose?
Group in an experiment that is used as a baseline for comparison
What is the control group?
Characteristic of living beings that allows them to keep internal balance
What is homeostasis?
Difference between where an organism lives and the role it plays
What is habitat vs. niche?
Life appeared on Earth from outer space
What is Panspermia?
The structural monomers that compose carbohydrates
Which are the monosaccharides?
It is a statement that includes a prediction of how one variable can be affected by another...
What is the hypothesis?
Individuals of the same species living in the one region
What is a population?
Type of evidence for evolution shown by similarities in embryos of different species
What is embryological evidence?
Name of the scientist who experimented with pieces of meat and flies
Who is Francesco Redi?
Type of fat that is liquid at room temperature
What is unsaturated fat?
Variable that is measured in an experiment...
Which is the dependent variable?
All chemical reactions (catabolic or anabolic) of the life processes of an organism
What is metabolism?
Correct flow of energy in an ecosystem.
What is producers → consumers → decomposers?
Scientists who proposed the Chemosynthetic Theory
Who is Oparin and Haldane?
One polysaccharide used for structure and one used for energy storage
What are cellulose/chitin (structure) and starch/glycogen (storage)?