Biology
The study of life
What is "Biology"
Physical and chemical processes involved in transforming energy and molecules to sustain life
What is metabolism?
Describes the ability to walk on two legs.
What is bipedalism?
The smallest unit of matter.
What is the atom?
The first step of the scientific method.
What is "make an observation"?
The study of the natural world
What is science?
The smallest unit that can exhibit the characteristics of life.
What is the cell?
Describes thumbs move in position to oppose fingers.
What is opposable?
The smallest unit of life.
What is a cell?
A tentative statement or an "educated guess".
What is a hypothesis?
Maintenance of a constant internal environment.
What is homeostasis?
True/False:
Humans have a large brain mass relative to their body size.
What is "true"?
A group of cells with the same general structure and function.
What is a tissue?
The only difference between a control group and an experimental group in an experiment.
What is the "independent variable"?
Describes an organism that is made of many cells.
What is multicellular?
True/False:
Humans are the only animals that can communicate.
What is "false"?
Several tissue types that work together.
What is an organ?
When various forms of life change over many generations.
What is evolution?
True/False:
Humans are the only organisms that can communicate in written form.
What is "true"?
Two or more organs that work together to carry out a specific function, such as digestion.
What is an organ system?