Vocabulary
The science of naming, describing and classifying living organisms.
What is taxonomy?
The total number of taxonomic levels.
What is the number of 7?
Observations leads to...
What are questions?
The time it takes to run a mile depends on the person's running speed.
IV - person's running speed
DV - Time
This number represents the number of kingdoms of bacteria.
What is the number 2?
The division of organisms into groups, or classes, based on specific characteristics.
What is classification?
This word comes second when writing a scientific name.
What is the word species?
This word comes first when writing a scientific name.
What is the word genus?
The height of bean plants depends on the amount of water they receive.
IV - Amount of water
DV - Height
This number represents the number of kingdoms of Eukarya?
What is the number 4?
A system of ideas that explains many related observations and is supported by a large amount of evidence
What is a theory?
The largest taxonomic level that shows the largest differences among species.
Hint: this level includes all protists, fungi, plants, and animals
What is domain?
Examples of this word include living things: trees, humans, plants, etc.
What are biotic factors?
A study was done to find if different tire treads affect the braking distance of a car.
IV - Different tire treads
DV - Braking distance
This is the ancient bacteria that can withstand harsh/extreme environments.
What is archaebacteria?
A summarizes a set of observations about natural phenomena. This can sometimes be expressed as a mathematical equation
What is a law?
This taxonomic level contains only one animal.
What is Species Felis Domesticus? (housecat)
Examples of this word include non-living things: cars, paint, wood, etc.
What are abiotic factors?
Lemon trees receiving the most water produced the most lemons
IV - Different amounts of water
DV - Amount of lemons
An organism whose cells contain a nucleus.
What are eukaryotes?
The variable that is being measured in an experiment
What is a dependent variable?
What is the most specific taxonomic level?
What is Species Felis Domesticus?
The ability of living organisms to respond to their external environment
What is responsiveness?
Student achievement is linked to studying for at least 15 minutes each night.
IV - Studying
DV - Student achievement
These two bacteria are prokaryotes.
What are archaebacteria and eubacteria?