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Say what?
That's what she said!
I knew that!
That's interesting!
100
"a way of knowing"
What is science?
100
the study of life
What is biology?
100
genetic material that organisms inherit from their parents
What is DNA?
100
Curiosity, creativity, skepticism, open-mindedness
What are the four scientific attitudes?
100
Questioning existing ideas and hypotheses; refusing to accept explanations without evidence.
What is skepticism?
200
An experiment in which only one variable is changed.
What is a controlled experiment?
200
The process of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way.
What is observation?
200
The combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials
What is metabolism?
200
evidence, information gathered from observations.
What is data?
200
A general style of investigation.
What is scientific methodology?
300
A possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answer to a scientific question.
What is a hypothesis?
300
A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.
What is bias?
300
"living planet"
What is biosphere?
300
Deoxyribonucleic acid
What is DNA?
300
have basic units called cells, are based on a universal genetic code, obtain and use materials and energy, grow and develop, reproduce, respond to their environment, maintain a stable internal environment, and change over time.
What are the characteristics that most living things have in common?
400
A logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience.
What is an inference?
400
A well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations and hypotheses, and enables scientists to make accurate predications about new situations
What is theory?
400
A relatively constant internal physical and chemical condition that organisms maintain
What is homeostasis?
400
A factor in a controlled experiment that is deliberately changed; also called the manipulated variable.
What is the independent variable?
400
-logy (the meaning of the Greek word)
What is "study of"?
500
The group in an experiment that is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable.
What is the control group?
500
When scientific articles are reviewed by anonymous, independent experts.
What is peer review?
500
A signal to which an organism responds.
What is a stimulus?
500
A variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable; also called the responding variable.
What is a dependent variable?
500
"bios" (the meaning of the Greek word)
What is life?