Characteristics of Life
There are 6.
How many characteristics of life are there?
A scientific investigation is done by following this.
What is the scientific method?
One of the fundamental theories of biology.
What is the "cell theory?'"
A special type of scientific investigation that is performed under controlled conditions.
What are experiments?
These are controlled by genes.
What are the characteristics of life?
An example of this is shivering to stay warm.
What is all living things respond to the environment?
The first step in a scientific investigation.
What is an observation?
A thin coat of lipids that surrounds a cell.
What is the cell membrane? (plasma membrane)
This tests how one variable is affected by another.
What is an experiment?
All living things are made up of cells.
What is the cell theory?
A seed in the right condition will become a plant.
What is grow and develop?
A possible answer to a scientific question.
What is a hypothesis?
This is made up a watery substance.
What is cytoplasm?
This directly affects the interpretation of the results.
What is the size of the sample?
Maintaining a stable internal environment or keeping things constant.
What is homeostasis?
The process by which living things give rise to offspring.
What is reproduction?
A statement that tells what will happen under certain conditions.
What is the prediction?
It contains the genetic instructions that cells need to make proteins.
What is DNA?
The repeating of an experiment, validating the results.
What is repetition?
A change in the characteristics of living things over time.
What is evolution?
This is needed to carry out all the functions of life.
What is complex chemistry?
The last step in a scientific investigation, that allows others to test your hypothesis.
What is communicating results?
This states: 1) all organisms are made up of one or more cells, 2) all the life functions of an organism occur within cells, and 3) all cells come from preexisting cells.
What is the "Cell Theory?"
An instrument that is important in modern-day research.
What is a microscope?
The number os unifying principles of modern biology.
What is 4?