Organisms
Organisms made up of a single cell.
What is unicellular?
The variable being tested in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
Another name for autotrophs that is more commonly used.
What are producers?
Another name for heterotrophs that explains how their nutrients are obtained.
What is consumer?
A group of unicellular organisms.
What is colonial?
The basic unit of structure and function in all organisms.
What is a cell?
What is the control group?
What is chemosynthesis?
These are the 5 different types of heterotrophs.
What are herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, decomposers, and detritivores.
Reproduction that requires only one parent resulting in an exact copy of the parent.
What is Asexual?
The regulation of an organisms internal environment at optimal and stable conditions.
What is homeostasis?
Data that is obtained through numerical measurements such as height, length, or amount are considered to be this type of data.
What is Quantitative Data?
Autotrophs have this extra layer within their cells that help provide the cell's shape. It is visible even when the cell is no longer living.
What is a cell wall?
Herbivores are considered to be part of this tier in a food web or energy pyramid.
What is primary consumer?
The ability to adapt and change over time.
What is evolution?
Organs that assist with the same bodily function collectively are referred to as this.
What are organ systems?
It is important to collect and analyze data in an experiment in order to formulate a valid conclusion.
What is data?
Autotrophs make up this portion of the energy pyramid.
What is the bottom of the energy pyramid?
These are often confused to be plants; however, they do not perform photosynthesis, they instead obtain their nutrients through decomposition of dead matter in their surrounding area.
What are fungi?
What is interdependence?
The sum of all the biochemical reactions in an organism is referred to as this; though this same term is often used to express one's speed of processing nutrients and calories for energy.
What is metabolism?
The factors of an experiment that are purposely kept the same.
What are constants?
What is bacteria?
This consumer obtains nutrients through consumption of producers or other consumers.
What is an omnivore?
When a species is unable to adapt and seizes to exist on Earth.
What is extinction?