Science Basics
What is the study of structure?
Anatomy
- What is a testable explanation for a scientific problem?
Hypothesis
- What is a living thing's home within its environment called?
Habitat
- What is the science of classification called?
Taxonomy
- What general term describes a water environment?
Aquatic environment
What branch of biology studies animals?
Zoology
What group is used as the standard?
Control
- What process keeps a living thing's internal conditions stable?
Homeostasis
- Who is known as the Father of Taxonomy?
Carolus Linnaeus
- What environment includes trees?
Arboreal environment
What branch of biology studies plants?
Botany
- What are conditions that stay the same for all groups called?
Controlled Variables
- What is the sum of all chemical processes of life called?
Metabolism
- What word describes a distinct type of living thing?
Species
- What environment includes deserts, meadows, and mountains?
Terrestrial environment
- What is the scientific term for living things?
Organisms
- What is a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning called?
Inference
- What substances in food provide living things with energy?
Nutrients
- What does fauna describe?
Animals
- What environment includes seas and oceans?
Marine environment
- What is the smallest unit that can be considered living?
Cell
- Who introduced the scientific method?
Sir Francis Bacon
- What process uses oxygen to release energy from food?
- What does flora describe?
Plants
- What is the area between the highest and lowest points reached by the tide?
Intertidal zone