Scientific Process
What is the first step in the scientific process?
Question
What does the cell theory state?
~Living things are made up of one or more cells
~All cells come from pre-existing cells
~The cell is the basic unit of life
What is kept constant in a controlled experiment, except for one?
Variables
What is inside a bacteria phage?
DNA or RNA
Define "Data"
Information gathered from an observation
What is the last step in the scientific process?
Conclusion
What are the 2 types of reproduction?
Sexual and Asexual Reproduction
What is a logical interpretation also called?
Inference
What part of bacteria phages connect them to a cell?
Short tail fibers
Define "Stimulus"
the way an organism responds to something
What is the second step in the scientific process?
Hypothesis
What organism CAN make their own glucose?
Autotroph
What is an independent variable?
The variable a scientist changes in an experiment
After the lysogenic cycle occurs, what might occur after?
Lytic cycle
Define DNA
genetic material offspring inherits from parents
What is the fifth step in the scientific process?
Analyze Data
What organism CANNOT make their own glucose?
heterotrophs
What is a dependent variable
The variable being measured or observed
Which cycle results in daughter cells?
Lysogenic cycle
Define "biology"
Scientific study of life
What is the third step in the scientific process?
Design Controlled Experiment
What is it called when you have a constant equal internal state?
Homeostasis
How is scientific knowledge different from other knowledge?
It is always changing and evolving
The lytic cycle causes what to happen to the cells they attach to?
Immediate death of the cell
Define " Qualitative Data"
Type of data that is in the form of description