Nature of Science
A process of investigation that does not resemble science and does not follow scientific methods.
What is Pseudoscience?
The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce
What is natural selection?
What is a predator?
Protects the body and gives it a framework of support
What is the skeletal system?
The location where two bones meet.
What is a joint?
This is used to measure the volume of an object
What is a graduated cylinder?
A group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce feertile offspring.
What is species?
The term for a species that is nonnative and can cause negative effects on the local ecosystem.
What is an invasive species?
Breaks down food into parts that can be used by the body.
What is the digestive system?
Structure that connects skeletal muscle to bone.
What is a tendon?
The variable that you control in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
A characteristic that improves an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.
What is an adaptation?
Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
What is commensalism?
Transports nutrients and other essential materials to cells all over the body
What is the circulatory system?
Structure that acts as a cushion between two bones.
What is cartilage?
The series of steps that a scientist follows during an experimental investigation.
What is a the scientific method?
When two species are descended from one species that lived in the past it is called having this.
What is a common ancestor?
A symbiotic relationship where both species benefit.
What is mutualism?
Collects sensory information, interprets it, and sends messages throughout the body.
What is the nervous system?
The type of muscle that is found inside organs and blood vessels.
What is smooth muscle?
The variable that changes as a result of something else in an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
The process by which humans breed a species for certain characteristics.
What is artificial selection?
The role of a species in its community.
What is a niche?
Removing waste materials from the body.
What is the excretory system?
Type of blood vessel that carries blood with oxygen away from the heart
What is an artery?