Biology 1 Chapter 1

easy

100

in any experiment, there should be how many variables?

one

200

is science always changing?

yes

300

what is homeostasis?

able to maintain internal body conditions

400

why aren't scientific theories absolute truths?

because we are constantly coming up with new infromation/learning new things

500

How does a hypothesis help scientists understand the natural world?

By figuring out what is and isn't correct - finding factual evidence about our world

easy

100

can cells be more than multicellular, such as tricellular or quadricellular?

no

200

give me an example of response to stimulus

touching hand to burner

300

how could a scientific attitude help us to make decisions in our everyday life?

Help us make well -  thought out decisions

400

what is the control group

the group you do nothing to

500

what is the experimental group

the group you experiment

medium

100

State the steps to the scientific method

state a problme

create a hypothesis

run experiment

analyze data

draw conclusions

share

200

give me an example of a model used in science

answers will vary

Earth

300

What are the two goals of science

1. 
   
   1. Science based on view that the physical universe is composed of interacting parts and processes
   2. All objects in universe are governed by universal natural laws

400

what is the dependent variable?

the variable that changes due to the independent variable

500

what is the independent variable

the variable that you manipulate to change the dependent variable

hard

100

what is the definition of science?

1. 
   
   1. – use of evidence to construct testable explanations and predictions of natural phenomena, as well as the knowledge generated through this process. Also, the constantly growing and changing body of knowledge that he process of science generates

200

when you have a skeptical attitude in science, what doers that mean?

that you look at both sides of an argument and do your own experimentation before making a decision about something

300

what is a scientific theory?

something that has been tersted tons of times and found to be true

400

a hypothesis must be what?

testable

500

what is quantitative data?

what is qualitative data?

answers with numbers in it

answers without numbers in it

random

100

what is peer review?

someone unanimously reviewing your scientific paper for error

200

what is the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction

number of parents

whether the baby is identical to the parent or not

300

give me an example of a bad hypothesis

the sun will rise tomorrow

400

how are unicellular and multicellular organisms alike? Different?

have at least one cell, have some sort of homeostasis, metabolism, etc.

multicellular are more complex and have more cells

500

give me an example of qualitative data. Give me an example of quantitative data

qualitative - cats are gray

quantitative - 98% of us are female