Biololgy 1.1-1.2 Review

Biology Terms

100

• An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world.

Science

200

The act of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way.

Observation

300

a logical interpretation based on what scientists already know.

Inference

400

• a scientific explanation for a set of observations that can be tested in ways that support or reject it.

Hypothesis

500

• An experiment where all other variables should be kept unchanged.

Controlled experiment

More biology terms

100

• The variable that is deliberately changed

Independent variable

200

The variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable.

Dependent variable

300

• The group that is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable.

Control group

400

detailed records of experimental observations; gathering information.

Data

500

Number data that is obtained by counting or measuring

Quantitative data

Bonus

100

Data that is descriptive and involves characteristics that cannot be usually counted.

Qualitative data

200

Who is the principal of Thomas Stone High School

Mrs. Pearl

300

Who is the 10th grade counselor

Mrs. Prado

400

Who is the 10th grade vice principal

Mrs. Loyd

500

What is our school's mascot?

Cougar