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Study of body structure
Anatomy
Environment of trees
Arboreal environment
Study of living things
Biology
Process in which cells combine substances from food with oxygen to make energy
cellular respiration
Area between the highest and lowest points that the tide reaches
Intertidal zones
Scientific idea that has survived many experiments and observations without being proven false
Law
Reasoning that uses general evidence to come to a more specific conclusion
Deductive reasoning
Englishman who introduced the scientific method
Sir Francis Bacon
Refers to a distinct type of living thing
Species
General term for a water environment
Aquatic environment
These organisms consist of a single cell that performs all of the organism's functions
Unicellular organism
Scientific term for a sensible explanation to a problem
Hypothesis
Science of classification
Taxonomy
The process by which life continues through a generation of new living things
Reproduction
The conditions in an experiment that are the same for all groups
Controlled variables
Seas and oceans
Marine environment
Term describes animals that are active during the day
Diurnal
Reasoning from specific evidence to a more general conclusion
Inductive reasoning
Three main steps of scientific method
Hypothesizing, observing, and experimenting
Hot springs on the ocean floor
Hydrothermal vents
Refers to facts about nature
Data
Primary basis for classifying living things
Body structure
Humans and most animals exhibit this type of symmetry
Bilateral symmetry
Environment includes meadows, desert, and mountains
Terrestrial environment
Animals
Scientific term for living things
Organisms
Term describes a living thing in an inactive state, like hibernation, that it enters to conserve energy
Dormant
A conclusion based on reasoning from evidence
Inference
Scientific experiment should include this many independent variables
One
The stable internal condition that a living thing must maintain to survive
Homeostasis
The sum of all the chemical processes of life
Metabolism
Place where an organism lives
Habitat
First thing that should be done in an investigation using the scientific method
State the problem
A group on which a test is being performed in an experiment
Experimental group
A living thing that is active at night
Nocturnal
Father of Taxonomy
Carolus Linnaeus
Study of reasoning
Logic
Provides a partial representation of a specific living thing
Model
The modern definition of the word "species" was developed by this person
John Ray
The divisions of Linnaeus's classification system
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species
Substances in food that provide living things with energy
Nutrients
The original kingdoms of biological classification
Plantae and Animalia
First part of an organism's scientific name
Genus
A way of explaining an object or events by using a set of facts
Theory
Smallest unit of a living thing that can be said to be alive
Cell