Characteristics of Life
How many characteristics of life are there?
8
The attraction between molecules of the same substance, such as water molecules sticking together.
Cohesion
The study of living things
Biology
Describes the Data that Supports your claim
Evidence
What is the first thing you do when you break a glass in the classroom?
Tell the teacher
Living organisms can maintain a stable internal environment even when the Outside environment changes
Homeostasis
A substance, usually a liquid, that dissolves other substances (solutes) to form a solution. Water is a common
Solvent
A new offspring is produced by a single parent.
Asexual Reproduction
Factors in an experiment that are kept the same for all groups to ensure that the results are due to the independent variable only.
Constant
What is the basic unit of life?
Cells
Living organisms have the ability to grow and develop
Growth and Development
The property of the surface of a liquid that allows it to resist an external force, due to the cohesive nature of its molecules.
Surface Tension
What I can change in an experiment
Independent Variable
I use Gatorade and water to see which will dissolve a lollipop faster. What is the dependent variable?
Dissolving lollipop
Non-living things in an ecosystem
Abiotic factors
Living organisms can respond to changes in their environment or internal conditions through processes like movement, behavior, or physiological changes.
Response to Stimuli
Why is water a polar molecule?
One side is slightly positive and one side is slightly negative
A substance that is dissolved in a solvent to form a solution
Solute
Educated Guess
Hypothesis
A change in an organisms surrounding
Stimulus
Living organisms can store genetic information within DNA in the form of genes.
Genetic Code
Water molecules undergoing adhesion and cohesion at the same time
Capillary Action
The factor in an experiment that does not change.
Control
Do viruses have cells?
NO
What is our next unit cover?
Biochemistry