Vocabulary
Characteristics of Living Things
Graphs
That's Important?
Vocabulary X2
100
This type of data indicates a numerical value
What is quantitative (data)
100
This is what all living things are made up of
What are cells.
100
This type of graph is used to display data that involves change over time
What is a line graph
100
The variable which is changed by the experimenter
What is the independent variable
100
This type of data is collected by observations and usually is written as a description
What is qualitative (data)
200
This is a logical interpretation from an observation - what has happened or might happen in the future
What is an inference
200
Living things respond to the environment by this signal
What is stimulus
200
The part of a graph which indicates the different sets of data - usually found in a line graph and in different colors.
What is a key or legend
200
The reason why only one variable can be tested at a time
What is so the data is reliable/valid/accurate, otherwise you wouldn't be able to tell which variable actually caused the change in the experiment
200
A way of collecting data using the five senses
What is an observation
300
The study of living things
What is biology
300
The way living things obtain and use energy
What is metabolism
300
This type of graph is usually used to display percentages
What is a pie chart
300
How to increase the validity of an experiment
What is increase the trials in the experiment
300
Every aspect of an experiment that is not changed
What is a constant
400
This is a well-tested explanation that unifies a range of hypotheses, but not yet completely accepted as fact/truth
What is a theory
400
The way in which living things reproduce that produces an offspring identical to itself
What is asexual (reproduction)
400
This variable is found on the y-axis
What is the dependent variable
400
The reason a control is needed in an experiment
What is to have a basis or normal condition to compare the changes to
400
A set of beliefs that have never been tested as false - such as that involving gravity
What is a law
500
The second step in the scientific method
What is a hypothesis
500
The condition in which living things maintain a stable internal environment - in humans, sweating is an example
What is homeostasis
500
Give the five parts of a proper graph
What is a title, axes labels, scales, data, and key/legend
500
The purpose of science
What is to provide natural explanations for events in the natural world
500
The 5th step in the scientific method
What is a conclusion
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