Homeostasis
Scientific Method
Experimental Design
Vocabulary
Msc.
100
What is homeostasis?
An organisms' tendency to keep their internal conditions the same. Ex. blood pressure, body temperature, etc.
100
What is a hypothesis?
An educated guess. It is written as an "If...then...because..." statement.
100
What are standards/constants?
The part of the experiment kept the same throughout.
100
Define biology
The study of life/living things
100
Do any living things not do homeostasis?
No (one of the characteristics of life).
200
What is an example of homeostasis?
Many possible answers.
Ex. Body temperature, blood pressure, calcium, blood sugar, fluid, salts...
200
What is the last step of the scientific method?
Conclusions
200
What is the independent variable?
Light or no light
200
What is the word:
Anything that is or was alive.
Organism
200
Is it alive?
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Yes
300
Positive or negative feedback?
Your body is warm, so you sweat to cool off.
Negative feedback
300
What is the step where you write your educated guess?
Hypothesis
300
What is the dependent variable?
Plant growth
300
What is the word?:
A prediction about what will happen in an experiment.
Hypothesis
300
What three things need to be on a graph?
1) Label the axes
2) Label your scales (numbers)
3) Title the graph
400
Positive or negative?
Your body senses plateletts trying to clot at a paper cut. It sends more of them.
Positive feedback
400
What do you need to do before you conduct your experiment?
Make your procedure
400
What is the experimental group?
Group 2
400
Define stimulus
Anything that causes a change or reaction
400
Is it an organism?
Popcorn
Yes, used to be alive
500
Is it positive or negative feedback?:
You get sweaty from exercising for a long time, and become very thirsty.
Negative feedback
500
What step do you need to do directly before making a hypothesis?
Observations/Research
500
What is the control group?
Group 1
500
What is a metabolism?
The chemical reactions in your body, convert food into energy
500
List the characteristics of life
CGGRRMM or GMRCGMR
Cells, grow/develop, have genes, reproduce, respond to stimuli, have a metabolism, maintain homeostasis.