Intro to Science
What are 3 safety rules for the lab?
Wear safety goggle, tie hair up, no horsing around, "waft" chemicals to smell, gloves, etc.
What is the modern, two-name system for animals that we use today?
Binomial Nomenclature
Which of these is NOT a characteristic of living things?
a. made up of cells
b. obtain and use energy
c. create their own food
d. grow and develop
c. Create their own food.
Plants DO. Humans DO NOT. We eat plants and other animals.
All Arthropods contain a hard outer covering that supports and protects their internal structures.
What is that covering called?
Exoskeleton
What scientist came up with the name cells after looking at a slice of cork?
Robert Hooke
What is the Scientific Method?
A procedure used to solve problems and answer questions in science
A scientific name is made up of what 2 parts?
Genus, species
What do all living things get there energy from, directly or indirectly?
The sun
This word means that an animal goes through a body change, such as a caterpillar.
Metamorphosis
What is the name of the jelly-like substance that holds Organelles in place?
Cytoplasm
What is a hypothesis?
An educated guess based on observations
Only members of the same what can reproduce?
species
What is the ability to maintain the same internal conditions, despite outside conditions called?
ex. sweating
Homeostasis
Homeo = constant
Human offspring develop in the uterus and receive nutrients through the placenta.
This makes them ________ mammals.
Placental
What 2 organelles are found ONLY in animals?
Lysosomes and Centrioles
What do you call a logical guess that is based on evidence and observations?
An inference
Mushrooms are a member of this family
Fungi
What do we call any living thing?
An organism
Plants, animals, bacteria, etc.
What class of animals lives on both water and land?
Amphibians
...such as frogs, toads and salamanders
What 2 organelles are found ONLY in plants?
Chloroplasts and Cell Wall
What is the difference between an independent and a dependent variable?
The independent variable is what is changed by the experimenter (I change).
The dependent variable represents what you are testing. It is the data from your experiment.
What do we call organisms that rely on other organisms to produce their food?
Heterotrophs
What type of animal has the following characteristics?
covered in hair or fur; reproduces asexually; produces milk for their young; have a backbone; are warm-blooded
FOR DOUBLE JEOPARDY: What phylum do Earthworms belong to?
Mammals
Annelids
When an animal's body temperature is affected by the surrounding temperature, that animal is said to be...
Cold Blooded
Put the following in order:
organism-cell-organ-tissue-organ system
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: What is an organelle?
cell-tissue-organ-organ system-organism
An organelle is a structure within a cell that has a specific function.