Scientific Method
Characteristics of Living Things
Viruses
Taxonomy
Evolution
100
A possible solution to a scientific problem.
What is an hypothesis
100
Basic structure that all living things have.
What is a cell
100
The parts of every virus
What are protein coat and genetic information
100
This makes up the scientific name of an organism.
What is genus and species
100
The main scientist associated with the theory of evolution.
Who is Charles Darwin
200
Arguably the most important step of the scientific method.
What is repeat
200
The ability to respond
What is irritability
200
The two reproductive cycles exhibited by viruses
What are lytic and lysogenic
200
The most important resource for a modern taxonomist.
What is DNA
200
Organisms Darwin studied in the Galapagos
What are tortoises and finches
300
Variable changed by the experimenter.
What is the independent variable
300
A dog pants in response to the heat, the heat is
What is the stimulus
300
Viral reproductive cycle in which a virus can lay dormant for a long period of time.
What is the lysogenic cycle
300
The most inclusive level of classification
What is domain
300
How Darwin referred to Evolution
What is Survival of the Fittest
400
A set up that provides a "baseline" or point of comparison.
What is the control
400
A stable steady internal state
What is homeostasis
400
A combination of host and viral DNA found in a lysogenic virus
What is a prophage
400
Domain that contains all plants, animals, protists and fungi
What is eukarya
400
A feature that shares a common ancestor
What is a homologous structure
500
Jane collected data on changes in growth that occurred in her experiment in response to the amount of sunlight plants were exposed to. The growth of the plants represented this.
What is the dependent variable
500
The sum of all the chemical reactions in the body
What is metabolism
500
A name for any disease causing agent
What is a pathogen
500
A diagram that shows evolutionary relationships
What is a phylogenetic tree.
500
Evidence for evolution
What is fossil. embryological, morphology, molecular