Characteristics of Life
Maintaining a stable internal environment relative to external change
What is homeostasis?
The basic level of structure and function for living things
What is a cell?
Populations of different species that live and interact in a area.
What is a community?
The variable that is manipulated during an experiment.
What is an independent variable?
The word Science is rooted in Latin and means this
What is "To Know"?
This means change over time and speaks to the unity and diversity of life
What is Evolution?
The two types of reproduction
What is sexual and asexual?
In an experiment this does not receive the independent variable
What is the control group?
These are kept consistent throughout an experiment.
What are controlled variables?
The flowers are pink is this type of data
What is qualitative?
The two things all cells have
What is DNA and a cell membrane?
The two types of cells
What are prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
All hypothesis have to be this
What is testable?
Table showing how many water droplets the penny could hold during 5 trials is this type of data.
What is quantitative data?
These cause a response
What is a stimulus?
Groups of similar organisms that can reproduce and live together in an area
What is a population?
Organisms obtain and use materials and energy also known to contribute to this
What is metabolism?
A virus would be considered this type of factor
What is abiotic?
The statement "It is raining and the sun is out, a rainbow might be seen" is this.
What is a prediction?
Organisms interacting with their environment and organisms around them.
What is an ecosystem?
These single celled organisms are typically found in extreme environments and lack a nucleus
What are Archaeans?
What is a nucleus?
The level of organization that have similar habitats and environments in different regions around the world
What is biome?
The other type of method used by scientist besides hypothesis-driven science
What is discovery science?
Air, water, soil, are all examples of this.
What are abiotic factors?