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Introduction to Biology
Characteristics of Life
The Nature of Science
Science in Everyday Life
Methods of science
100
The science of life
What is biology?
100
the structure of a cell is related to its function
What determines a cell's structure (how many cells it is made up of?)
100
A body of knowledge based on the study of nature and its physical setting
What is science?
100
Uses units with divisions that are powers of ten
What is the metric system?
100
A direct method of gathering information in an orderly way
What is an observation?
200
Means they are arranged in an orderly way
What is the ability to display organization?
200
An explanation of a natural phenomenon supported by many observations and experiments over time
What is a theory?
200
Combining a basic understanding of science and its process with reasoning and thinking skills
What is science literacy?
200
Methods to gather information and to answer questions
What are scientific methods?
300
The process of natural changes that take place during the life of an organism
What is development?
300
The production of offspring
What is reproduction?
300
Area of study that tries to imitate science and is not supported by science-based evidence
What is pseudoscience?
300
The field That uses science to investigate crime
What is forensics?
300
Testable explanation of a situation
What is a hypothesis?
400
These biologists try to protect animals and plants from extinction by developing ways to protect them.
What is an environmental biologist?
400
The regulation of an organism's internal conditions to maintain life
What is homeostasis?
400
Astrology, horoscopes, and psychic reading (examples)
What are examples of pseudoscience?
400
A set of moral principles or values
What is ethics?
400
The occurrence of accidental or unexpected but fortunate results
What is serendipity?
500
A group of organisms that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring
What is a species?
500
Any inherited characteristic that results from changes to a species over time
What is adaptation?
500
An ethical issue, involves freezing a dead organism with hopes of reviving it in the future
What is cyronics?
500
Investigation done in a controlled setting that tests the hypothesis
What is an experiment?