Vocabulary Term: A group of specialized cells organized in a pattern that perform a collective function.
What is a tissue.
100
The science of naming and classifying species is known as this vocabulary term.
What is Taxonomy.
100
Organisms without a nucleus are known as this term, and include bacteria and archaea.
What is prokaryotes.
100
Vocab Term: A collection of all the populations (different species) in a given area.
What is a community.
100
Vocabulary Term: The chance that a particular outcome of an event will occur.
What is probability.
200
Vocab term: A group of individuals of the same species that live in a given area.
What is a population.
200
The body's ability to regulate certain conditions (body temp., blood sugar levels, etc...) is known as what vocab term?
What is homeostasis.
200
Explain how each variable is set up when graphing scientific data.
What is
dependent variable is on the y-axis.
independent variable is on the x-axis.
200
Vocabulary Term: A hypothesis that has not been disproved after many years of rigorous testing, and is consistent will all data ever gathered.
What is a theory.
200
What type of data is usually collected in experiments because it can be gathered objectively to minimize bias?
What is quantitative data.
300
Carolus Linnaeus was an 18th century scientist, and is best known for creating what?
What is the system for naming/classifying organisms.
300
What is the difference between a community and a population?
What is
a population consists of the same species, while a community consists of different species (interacting populations).
300
Vocab Term: The difference between results obtained from a subset, and results from the whole.
What is sampling error.
300
Vocab Term: The process of judging information before accepting it.
What is critical thinking.
300
Hereditary instructions for growth and development are carried in what molecule?
What is DNA.
400
What is the correct format for a scientific name?
-must be italicized
-1st word of the name is the Genus.
-2nd word of the name is the species epithet.
-First word is capitalized, second word is not.
400
What are the three key features of living things?
What is
1. Require energy and nutrients.
2. Homeostasis.
3. Use DNA
400
Vocabulary Term: A group of organisms that share a unique set of traits.
What is a taxon.
400
Describe the flow of energy in an ecosystem, beginning with the sun.
What is
sunlight is converted to energy by producers, producers get eaten by consumers, consumers die and release the energy to the environment.
400
Identify 3 things that make an experiment "valid".
What is answers will vary...
500
List the levels of organization of an organism, beginning with cells.
What is Cells-Tissues-Organs-Organ System-Organism
500
Which type of eukaryotic organism, that can be single or multicellular, breaks down material outside itself, then absorbs nutrients released from the breakdown.
What is Fungi
500
Which organisms are the most diverse group of prokaryotes, and why?
What is Bacteria. Possible explanations could include:
They can be producers or consumers. They inhabit nearly every region of Earth.
500
In the levels of organization from organisms to the biosphere, which level includes the environment, or non living factors along with the living organisms?
What is an ecosystem.
500
What is the difference between a scientific theory, and a law of nature?
Answers may include
A theory has an explanation and can be tested.
A law of nature has no explanation, and cannon be tested.