An organized approach to learn how the world works
What is the scientific method?
100
Biology is the study of
A. animals
B. plants and animals
C. all living things
D. energy transfer
C. all living things
100
Communities of living species and their environments.
What is an ecosystem?
200
The smallest unit of life
What are cells?
200
Features that all living things have in common
What is unity?
200
Idea or explanation that is based on observations and can be tested.
What is a hypothesis?
200
An example of a domain is
A. Animalia
B. Protista
C. Fungi
D. Eukarya
What is
D. Eukarya
200
Traits that improve an organism's ability to survive and reproduce.
What is an adaptation?
300
The ability to maintain constant body temperature
What is homeostasis?
300
6 major categories of life.
What are kingdoms?
300
Does not change, standard for comparison
What is a control group?
300
A trait that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce is a(n)
A. mutation
B. natural selection
C. adaptation
D. domain
What is
C. adaptation
300
Used to test a hypothesis and its predictions.
What is an experiment?
400
The process of maturing into an adult
What is development?
400
Branch of Biology that studies organisms and their environment.
What is ecology?
400
Conclusion based on facts and previous knowledge.
What is an inference?
400
A statement that explains observations and can be tested is called
A. a hypothesis
B. an inference
C. a theory
D. a model
What is
A. a hypothesis
400
All living things grow and increase in size.
What is growth?
500
Producing new organisms
What is reproduction?
500
Organisms that have certain favorable traits are better able to survive and reproduce.
What is natural selection?
500
A set of related hypotheses confirmed to be true.
What is a theory?
500
A biologist who studies the behavior of birds in a rain forest most likely collects data through
A. experimenting
B. modeling
C. observing
D. inferring