scientific process
The thing you change in an experiment.
Independent variable
The cell is the basic unit of what?
Life
All living things are made of how many cells?
One or more.
Are viruses considered living?
No
Define controlled experiment?
An experiment where only 1 variable is changed.
The thing you measure in an experiment.
Dependent variable.
When organisms make their own food they called what?
Autotrophs
When organisms can not make their own food.
Heterotrophs
Virus cycle that infects the host immediately.
Lytic cycle
Define theory
A well tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations.
Type of data measured with numbers.
Quantitative.
What causes individuals to differ in genetically determined traits?
Mutations
All living things respond to what, in their environment.
Stimuli/changes
Virus cycle that can take multiple years to infect the host.
Lysogenic cycle
Define unicellular
An organism that consists of only 1 cell
Type of data that is in the form of a description.
Qualitative.
What is it called when the internal state of an organism remains constant?
Homeostasis
Who came up with a mechanism for evolution.
Charles Darwin
Viruses are made of what.
DNA and Protein
Define metabolism
All the chemical reactions that occur in the body.
Last step in the scientific process.
Conclusion.
What are the two branches of metabolism?
Anabolism and Catabolism
Two types of cells
Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic
What is the 4th step in the lytic cycle?
Assembly
Define evolution
The theory that organisms change over time.