General Questions
The universal genetic language common to all organisms is ...
DNA
The search for information and explanation of natural phenomena is called ...
Inquiry
All the organisms in a particular area, as well as nonliving components with which life interacts are called a ...
Ecosystem
Many small changes in an organism that are inherited through generations to help it survive its environment is called ...
Evolutionary adaptation
The thing scientists change in an experiment is ...
independent variable
Classifying different organisms or species based on DNA or other shared features is called ...
Taxonomy
1. The scientific study of life (100pts)
2. Living things (100 pts)
1. Biology
2. Organisms
All the individuals of a single species in a specified area are called a ...
population
Name the three domains of life
Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya
The outcome/results measured by an experiment is called a ...
Dependent variable
Term for the "family tree" that shows the evolutionary history of species
Phylogenetic tree
1. The tentative answer to a well-framed question is called a ... (100 pts)
2. Two important qualities of answer 1 (200 pts)
1. Hypothesis
2. Can be tested and is falsifiable
All life on Earth and all the places where life exists is called a ...
biosphere
1. What is "Natural Selection"? (200 pts)
2. Who discovered it? (100 pts)
1. Individuals with certain traits are better suited to their environment and are more likely to survive and reproduce.
2. Darwin
The group that has a known outcome or accounts for other possibilities beyond the hypothesis
Control group
3 Eukaryotic Kingdoms
Plants, Fungi, and Animals
Inductive vs. Deductive Reasoning
Inductive - specific observations and make a general conclusion (The temperature was hot in July 2022, 2023, and 2024. Therefore, July is generally hot.)
Deductive - If the general conclusion is true, than we expect the specific thing to also be true (If July is always hot, July in 2027 will also be hot).
All the organisms in a particular ecosystem is called a ...
Community
All birds have related features, but they are different species
1. What is the general term for why this occurs? (300 pts)
2. Who came up with this term? (100 pts)
1. Descent with modification - species come from ancestors that are similar yet differ from them
2. Darwin
Control group - has a known outcome used for comparison
Experimental group - the unknown result you are interested in, the group that tests the hypothesis
Reductionism vs. Systems Biology
Reductionism - reduction of complex systems to simpler components (zooming in)
Systems Biology - analyze the interactions of parts (zooming out)
Theory vs. Hypothesis
Theory - conclusion based on a lot of supporting experiments/data
Hypothesis - testable answer ("educated guess") to a question
What results from the arrangement and interaction of parts within a level as complexity increases
Emergent properties
3 Differences between Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
Euk. - DNA enclosed in a nucleus, has membrane-bound organelles, usually larger
Prok. - DNA is not in a nucleus, does not have membrane-bound organelles, usually smaller
Mario studied how far room temperature water would spurt out of a plastic milk carton when 3mm holes were punched at different heights from the bottom of the container. Identify the independent variable and dependent variable. What is a constant?
Independent variable - different heights from the bottom of the container
Dependent variable - how far the water would spurt
Control - 3 mm holes