Process of Science
Branches of Biology
Characteristics of Life
Chemical Cycles
This n' That
100
A collection of information gathered through observations.
What is data?
100
The study of animals
What is zoology?
100
Surrounded by a membrane: it is the basic unit of all living organisms.
What is a cell?
100
The chemical cycle that involves evaporation, transpiration, condensation and precipitation.
What is the water cycle?
100
The number of centimeters in an inch
What is 2.54?
200
A conclusion based on experience rather than direct observations.
What is an inference?
200
The study of plants
What is botany?
200
The process in which an offspring receives all its genetic material from one parent.
What is genetics?
200
The chemical cycle that involves photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, and combustion.
What is the carbon cycle?
200
The number of centimeters in a meter
What is 100?
300
A testable explanation for a set of observations.
What is a hypothesis?
300
The study of ancient life and fossils
What is paleontology?
300
An organism made of many cells
What is multicellular?
300
The chemical cycle that involves nitrogen fixation and denitrification
What is the nitrogen cycle?
300
He number of protons in an atom
What is the atomic number or number of electrons?
400
A hypothesis that has been well tested and repeatedly verified by experiments.
What is a theory?
400
The study of the interactions between organisms and their environment.
What is ecology?
400
An organism made of only one cell.
What is unicellular?
400
An organism that gains energy by eating only plants
What is herbivore?
400
An element with the symbol K
What is potassium?
500
A test that changes only one variable and keeps all other variables the same.
What is controlled experiment?
500
The study of cells
What is cytology?
500
The process by which an organism grows and changes over time.
What is development?
500
A diagram that demonstrates the amount of living tissue in each trophic level
What is biomass pyramid?
500
The sum of protons and neutrons in an atom
What is mass number?
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