What is an organized way of asking questions about the natural world?
Science
What is an experiment where only one thing is changed at a time called
controlled experiment
What is the group that does not receive the independent variable called?
control group
how many characteristics of life must an organism have to be considered living?
8
An organism eating is an example of what characteristic of life
obtaining nutrients
What is a systematic approach to answering questions?
scientific method
What is the variable that changes as a result of the study called?
dependent variable
what is a variable that is intentionally changed by the experimenter called?
independent variable
What characteristic of life is producing offspring
reproduction
When an organism responds to an external stimulus they are showing which characteristic
respond to environment
What is a tentative scientific explanation that is testable?
hypothesis
what shows that a causes b to happen
What is numerical data called?
quantitative
what characteristic of life is growing throughout life
growth and development
The idea that all organisms share a common ancestor is called what?
evolution
What is the first step of the scientific method?
Make an observation
experimental group
What type of data is best represented by a bar graph
counts
What are all living things made of?
cells
What is a stable set of internal conditions called?
homeostasis
Give the first 4 steps of the scientific method in order
observation, question, research, hypothesis
What is data that does not deal with numbers?
qualitative
What shows that a and b have a relationship?
correlation
What is an organisms genetic material that is inherited from their parents called
DNA
Type of reproduction when only one parent is needed to produce offspring
asexual reproduction