Unit 1
What is the definition of bias?
A preconceived opinion.
What is the definition of cell?
The basic structural unit of all living things.
What is the definition of ratio?
The comparison of one quantity to another.
What is the definition of a fossil?
The preserved remains, mineral replacements, or traces of organisms that lived in the past.
What is the definition of behavioral adaption?
Behaviors or activities performed by an organism that increase its fitness.
What is the definition of an assumption?
An understanding that is excepted as true
What does hypo mean?
Low.
What is the definition of pigment?
A molecule that reflects only certain colors of light and absorbs
What is the definition of mutation?
A change in DNA.
Activities or behaviors that are acquired by an organism through experience
What is the definition of scientific theory?
An explanation for observable phenomenon.
Shield.
What is the definition of gene?
Sections of DNA that control a trait.
what is fossil record?
A group of fossils in chronological.
What is the definition of homeostasis?
A balanced and stable environment within cells and organisms.
What is the definition of scientific law?
A predictable pattern in natural phenomenon.
What does para mean?
beside.
What is the definition of pedigree??
a diagram that illustrates the inheritance of a trait through several generations in a family.
What is the definition of relative dating?
A method for determining the age of fossils and rocks that depends upon the order of strata
What is the definition of an invasive species?
Any species that moves to, or is brought to, a new environment and competes with the native species for resources.
1. What is being tested.
2. The predicted outcome.
3. A possible explanation.
What does DNA stand for?
deoxyribonucleic acid.
What are punnett squares?
Diagrams used to show possible genotypes that can result from a cross between two parents.
What is absolute dating?
A method for determining the age of fossils that depends on radioactive decay.
What is the definition of pollution?
Any substance or thing that is introduced into the environment and has a harmful effect on it, or on the organisms living in it.