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Scientific Inquiry
Cell Theory
Microbiology
Geology
Miscellaneous
100
What method do scientists follow when conducting an investigation to solve a problem?
What is the scientific method
100
What is the basic unit of structure and function in all living things?
What is a cell
100
Bacteria are this type of cell that lacks a nucleus
What is a prokaryote
100
This is the preserved remains of an organism that tells us about the past
What is a fossil
100
This is the method of locomotion for paramecium
What is cilia
200
Describe a hypothesis
What is a possible explanation that can be tested
200
This organelle contains the genetic material responsible for carrying out all life processes
What is the nucleus
200
Why are viruses considered non-living
What is because they need a host cell to reproduce and grow
200
This type of fossil is used in relative dating because it is found in many locations around the world but only at a specific time
What is an index fossil
200
An amoeba has this structure to aid in locomotion and nutrition
What are pseudopods
300
The variable that is changed/tested in an experiment
What is the manipulated variable
300
This organelle is only found in plant cells and is resposible for photosynthesis
What is the cholorplast
300
This is how viruses are similar to living organisms
What is they contain some sort of genetic material
300
LandSat is a type of technology used by scientists to monitor the earth. What is it?
What is a satellite that takes pictures of the earth (remote sensing)
300
Antibiotics are only used to treat this type of disease
What is bacterial disease
400
How scientists display the results of an experiment
What is a graph
400
Why do plant cells have mitochondria and chloroplasts?
What is because they have to convert the food into energy
400
This is a microbe that changes the genetic material of its' host cell (ex: bacteriophage)
What is a mutagen
400
Describe the growth of bacteria (in a lab)
What is they grow exponentially OR they reproduce asexually and split into 2
500
The varbiable that responds to what is being tested in an experiment
What is the dependent variable
500
Which protist can be classified as both a heterotroph and an autotroph
What is euglena
500
Common Cold, Herpes, Ebola and Malaria. Which of these diseases is not caused by a virus?
What is Malaria
500
What evidence do we have of Pangea?
What is the distribution of living things with a common ancestor OR fossils OR the map is like a puzzle or Ice core evidence
500
What have scientists created to chart the major geologic events of the Earth
What is the Geologic Time Scale