Scientific Method
An organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world
What is science?
Maintenance of a stable, but dynamic internal environment
What is homeostasis?
A group of the same species that interact
What is a population?
The variable graphed on the x-axis
What is the independent variable?
mostly used for energy
What are carbohydrates?
Unbiased data collected using the senses?
What are observations?
Production of new individual requiring two different parents
What is sexual reproduction?
Groups of interacting populations
What are communities?
The variable graphed on the y-axis
What is the dependent variable?
Make our muscles, hair and nails
What are proteins?
Explanations for what is observed...may be incorrect
What are inferences?
Ability of populations to change over time
What is adaptation (or evolution)?
The non-living parts of the environment
What are abiotic factors?
In the penicellin video what was the dependent variable?
What is the health of the mice?
Provide insulation, long term energy storage and cell membranes
What are lipids?
A factor being tested
What is a variable?
Living things consisting of only 1 cell
What is unicellular?
Includes all living and non living factors
What are ecosystems?
In the penicillin video the independent variable
Which mice got the penicillin?
Contain the genetic information
What are nucleic acids or DNA?
The factor that the researcher controls
What is the independent variable?
All living things acquire and release this
What is energy?
Groups of ecosystems with similar climates
What are biomes?
In an experiment the factors that are not changed
What are the constants?
Can make four stable covalent bonds
Why is carbon special?