Vocabulary
The study of life
Unifying Themes
Scientific Thinking
Misc.
100
Definition of "theory"
What is a scientific explanation based on facts
100
This word means "study of life'
What is "biology"
100
Give me an example of how structure and function are related
(answer can vary) (Could be giraffes have long necks to reach food/human nostrils point down so no dirt/dust gets in/nose is above mouth to force us to smell food before we eat it/etc.)
100
1st step of the Scientific Method
What is OBSERVE
100
A technological tool that allows scientists to magnify very small things so they can see them
What is a microscope
200
Definition of "organism"
What is any single living thing
200
This word means "variety of life"
What is "biodiversity"
200
Define "homeostasis"
What is the bodies ability to maintain conditions necessary for survival
200
The parts of an experiment that do NOT change
What are constants
200
When an experiement is too big or too dangerous to doin real life, what will a scientist use?
What is a computer model
300
Definition of "species"
What is "organisms so closely related that they can reproduce and create fertile offspring"
300
Where the most variety of life exists
Where is at the equator
300
What word means "A change in species over time so that the offspring is different than the ancestor"?
What is "evolution"
300
The part of the experiement that the scientist changes
What is the independent variable
300
Besides microscopes and computer models, another means scientists have to look at things
What is medical imaging
400
The difference between "ecosystem" and "biosphere"
What is that "ecosystem" includes non-living things
400
Why there is not much biodiversity at the North and South Poles
Why is that limited sunlight means few plants, so less food for animals
400
What theory explainshow there is so much biodiversity on Earth?
What is the Theory of Evolution
400
"Form a hypothesis" is what step of the scientific method?
What is step 3
400
Definition of hypothesis
An educated guess
500
Definition of Metabolism
What is all the systems that keep an organism alive (i.e. respitory system, circulatory system, digestive system, etc.)
500
The four traits all living things share
What are 1) Made of cells 2) Respond to the environment 3) Able to grow and reproduce 4) Need energy (food)
500
define 'adaptation"
What is an inhereted trait that allows an organism to survive long enough to reproduce
500
The last step of the scientific method
What is Peer Review
500
The part of the experement that changes as a result of what the scientist is doing
What is the dependent variable
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