Characteristics
Life
Experiments
Living things Need
Vocab
100
This is NOT a characteristic of living things A. uses energy B. reproduces C. contains similar chemicals D. Sleeps
What is D. Sleeps?
100
This is the process of getting larger
What is growth?
100
These two men performed experiments to prove that life comes from living things
Who are Redi and Pasteur?
100
All living things need A. Heat B. Water C. Air D. Clothing
What is B. Water?
100
This is the basic unit of structure and function in an organism
What is a cell?
200
an organism reacts to a stimulus with this
What is a response?
200
This is the process of change that occurs during growth
What is development?
200
This was the response or dependent variable in Redi's experiment
What is - whether or not maggots were present on the meat?
200
All Living Things need A. Stable internal conditions B. Sunlight C. Fire D. Oxygen
What is Stable internal conditions?
200
This type of organism makes it's own food
What is an autotroph?
300
Humans are considered this because they have many cells
What is multicellular?
300
to produce offspring similar to the parents
What is "to reproduce" or reproduction
300
Redi and Pasteur's experiments disproved this theory
What is spontaneous generation?
300
Sweating is an example of this
What is homeostasis?
300
This is the variable that you can control in an experiment (you choose)
What is the independent (manipulated) variable?
400
This is the most abundant chemical in cells
What is water?
400
All life come from this
What is "living things?"
400
This is the manipulated or independent variable in Redi's experiment
What is - whether or not the jar was covered?
400
This is an example of an organism that makes it's own food
What is a plant?
400
This type of organism eats autotrophs and other heterotrophs
What is a heterotroph?
500
Bacteria are made up of one cell so they are called this
What is unicellular?
500
The mistaken idea that life comes from non living things
What is Spontaneous Generation?
500
These have 2 identical tests except for one factor
What are controlled experiments?
500
Homeostasis fulfills every living thing's need for this
What is "maintaining stable internal conditions?"
500
This is the systematic search for the truth!
What is Science?
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