Vocabulary
Heterotroph
Organisms that depend on other organisms for food
A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data
What are the six criteria for life?
An abrupt, marked change in the DNA of an organism compared to that of its parents
Mutation
Inference
Logical interpretations based on prior knowledge, experience, or evidence
What type of reproduction occurred when the offspring are identical to the parents?
Asexual
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food
Photosynthesis
Quantitative observations
A tiger suffers from lockjaw. Which life function will it not be able to perform?
Energy and metabolism
Homeostasis
The maintenance of stable internal conditions
Possible explanations for observations that can be tested
Hypothesis
What is an autotroph?
An organism that makes its own food
Anabolism
The sum total of all processes in an organism which use energy and simple chemical building blocks to produce large chemicals and structures necessary for life
Observations are made using the five ___________
Senses
Why have some flawed scientific ideas persisted for so long? (flat earth, spontaneous generation, etc.)
Flawed experiments seemed to confirm it