Important People/Sci Method cont.
Vocab
Taxonomy
Scientific Method
Miscellaneous
100
4th century BC Greek philosopher who used a 3-group taxonomy system
What is Aristotle?
100
The study of the science of life
What is biology?
100
organisms in the kingdoms animalia and plantae are ____
What is multicellular?
100
The first step of the scientific method
What is to observe an unexplained phenomenon?
100
This type of knowledge applies directly to an individual's life, and is important in making personal decisions
What is biological?
200
18th century Swedish scientist (first and last name) who designed binomial nomenclature, giving an organism a name made up of a genus and species name
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
200
information gained from observations
What is data?
200
organisms that eat or break down living things
What is detrivores/decomposers?
200
a series of steps that can be used to solve a problem
What is the scientific method?
200
the 8 characteristics of living organisms
What is displays organization, reproduces, is made of cells, maintains homeostasis, grows and develops, responds to stimuli, requires energy, and whose adaptations evolve over time?
300
Scientist who designed classification system consisting of two kingdoms then broken down into genera, then species
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
300
occurrence of accidental or unexpected but adventitious results
What is serendipity?
300
The largest and broadest level in the taxonomic hierarchy
What is a domain?
300
fourth step of the scientific method
What is to analyze data by creating charts, etc.?
300
the first term in Armadillidium vulgare (italicized)
What is the genus name?
400
the kind of question the scientific method is designed around
What is testable?
400
the purpose of science
What is scientific inquiry?
400
the total amount of living matter in each trophic level of an ecological pyramid
What is biomass?
400
horoscopes is an example of this
What is pseudoscience?
400
a universal system of measurement based on the power of ten
What is the metric system?
500
used three groups- walking, flying, and swimming-to classify animals
Who is Aristotle?
500
the definition of an animal
What is a multicellular heterotroph whose cells lack cell walls?
500
The three characteristics used to place organisms into the 6 current kingdoms
What is number of cells, how it obtains energy, and the type of cell?
500
3 characteristics of a valid experiment
What is a large sample size, a control setup, and one variable being tested?
500
The four main branches of biology
What is origins and history of life, the structure of living things, how living things react to one another, and how living things function.