BIOLOGY

CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE

100

EDUCATED GUESS

What is A HYPOTHESIS

200

STABLE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

What is HOMEOSTASIS

300

WORD MEANING NON LIVING IN AN ECOSYSTEM

What is ABIOTIC

400

BIOTIC

What is WORD USED FOR LIVING ORGANISM IN ECOSYSTEM

500

DECIDUOUS FOREST

What is A TYPICAL VIRGINIA ECOSYSTEM

SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS

100

AN EDUCATED GUESS

What is HYPOTHESIS

200

PROBLEM

What is THE FIRST STEP IN DOING AN EXPERIMENT

300

INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

What is CHANGED IN AN EXPERIMENT

400

STANDARD AGAINST WHICH EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS CAN BE MEASURED

What is A CONTROL

500

INFERENCE

What is A CONCLUSION BASED ON OBSERVATION

CHESAPEAKE BAY

100

COMPETITION

What is THE WORD USED WHEN ORGANISIMS COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER FOR AVAILABLE RESOURCES

200

PREDATION

What is THE WORD TO DESCRIBE A PREDATOR AND A PREY

300

ORGANISM

What is THE SMALLEST UNIT OF STUDY IN ECOLOGY

400

MIXTURE OF FRESH AND SALT WATER

WHAT IS AN ESTUARY

500

WATERSHED

What is AN AREA OF LAND THAT DRAINS INTO A GIVEN BODY OF WATER

BIOLOGY TERMS

100

PRODUCER

What is AN ORGANISM THAT MAKES ITS OWN FOOD

200

DECOMPOSER

What is AN ORGANISM THAT BREAKS DOWN DEAD OR DECAYING MATTER

300

HOMEOSTASIS

STABLE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

500

QUANTATIVE DATA

What is TERM USED TO REPRESENT NUMBERS IN A SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT