Biology
Social/Behavioral Sciences
Humanities
Review
100

The four criteria that must be met in order for an organism to be considered alive. 

What are the ability to reproduce, demonstrate growth and repair, metabolize, and response to external stimuli? 

100

This step of the scientific method is the same in both the Natural Sciences and the Social/Behavioral Sciences. 

What is the recycle step? 

100

Art, theatre, and music would be considered a part of this branch of the humanities. 

What is esthetics? 

100

These are the steps of the scientific method in order. 

What are observation, hypothesis, prediction, experiment, and recycle? 

200

A change in an organism that can be physical, or otherwise, that is due to an internal change in that organism. 

What is a mutation?

200

The uncertainty range is large for this step of the scientific method in the Social/Behavioral Sciences. 

What is the prediction step? 

200

This is the fifth and final step in the development and maintenance of a society.  

What is the ultimate decision? 
200

When a medium or large mass star dies, this extremely energetic explosion can result. 

What is a supernova? 

300

A response to external and environmental changes that allows an organism to survive or not survive. 

What is an adaptation?

300

Awareness of one's separateness from the environment and to have knowledge of that awareness. 

What is Personal Self-Consciousness? 

300

This ethical system devises standards of conduct and moral code based on predetermined rules. 

What is Deontological ethics? 

300

J.J. Thomson conducted an experiment with cathode ray tubes and in the process discovered this subatomic particle. 

What is an electron? 

400

The hypothesis that describes whence came life. 

What is the Spontaneous Generation of the First Living Cell from Organic Molecules hypothesis? 

400

This happens to or from the person conducting an experiment, effecting the outcome of the scientific method. 

What is bias? 

400

This discipline explores the meaning of concepts like "good" and "bad". 

What is Meta-ethics?

400

Due to their transverse motion, these waves are unable to travel through the Earth's outer core. 

What are S. waves? 

500

The TWO hypotheses that describe whence came the variety of life. 

What are DNA and Darwin's Theory of Evolution?

500

This happens to the subject or object of an experiment, effecting the outcome of the scientific method. 

What is a self-fulfilling hypothesis? 

500

Mr. Pacheco played us a song by this artist at the end of his presentation on esthetics.  

Who is Frank Zappa? 

500

The resulting entity if nitrogen were to lose two of its electrons. 

What is a positive ion of nitrogen with a +2 charge?