The Scientific Method
Design a process to test your hypothesis.
Experiment
Descriptive data about the characteristics of an organism.
Qualitative Data
All living things have a universal genetic code
DNA
All living things maintain a stable internal environment
Homeostasis
Obtain energy from sunlight and store it in chemicals
Producers
Tell others about the impact of your results.
Communication
The variable deliberately chosen/changed by the scientist
Independent
get bigger; add more cells and creating specialized cells (for new traits & abilities)
Growth and Development
All the chemical reactions in your body and using energy to make and breakdown materials
Metabolism
Obtain energy from eating other organisms
Noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way, then asking questions about what you see.
Observation
The variable that changes and is observed during the experiment; the “outcome” of the experiment.
Dependent
A signal to which an organism responds
Stimulus
Change, in a group, over time
Evolution
The Three Domains of Life
Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya
Create a possible explanation for what you have observed.
Hypothesis
The unchanged group; NOT exposed to the independent variable.
Control
Two parents forming a new, unique organism
Sexual Reproduction
Any behavior of a living organism that results from an external or internal stimulus.
Response
Four Kingdoms of Eukarya
Fungi, Plant, Animal and Protist
Collect and interpret the results of the experiment.
Data Analysis
The group that is altered by the scientist; it IS exposed to the independent variable.
Experimental
One parent producing identical offspring
Asexual Reproduction
highly organized, coordinated structures that make up all living things
All the different organisms of an ecosystem.
Community