The Scientific Method
The Origin of Life
Characteristics of Living Things
Needs of Living Things
Chemistry of Living Things
100
An organized way to answer questions and solve problems.
What is the Scientific Method?
100
Scientists believe the Earth was formed how long ago?
What is 4.6 billion years?
100
The theory which states that life can form from nonliving matter.
What is spontaneous generation?
100
The primary source of energy for all living things.
What is the sun?
100
A pure substance that cannot be broken down into any simpler substances by ordinary means.
What is an element?
200
Things that can change in your experiment.
What are variables?
200
There are multiple theories as to how this began on Earth.
What is life?
200
Living things are made of these.
What are cells?
200
65% or more of your body is made of this.
What is water?
200
Two or more elements join chemically together to form a:
What is a compound?
300
A possible answer to your question.
What is a hypothesis?
300
A term meaning one cell.
What is unicellular?
300
The sum total of all the chemical reactions that occur in a living thing.
What is metabolism?
300
Living organisms can get oxygen from these two places.
What are air and water?
300
Most of the compounds in living things contain this element.
What is carbon?
400
The step in which you organize your notes and records to make them clear.
What is interpreting your data?
400
The process by which green plants use sunlight to make their own food.
What is photosynthesis?
400
The maximum length of time an organism can be expected to live.
What is life span?
400
The ability of an organism to keep conditions inside its body the same, even though conditions in its external environment change.
What is homeostasis?
400
The main source of energy ingested by living things.
What are carbohydrates?
500
These are the steps included in the Scientific Method.
What are, Ask a Question, State Your Hypothesis, Identify and Control Variables, Test Your Hypothesis, Collect and Record Your Data, Interpret Your Data, and State Your Conclusion.
500
A term meaning more than one cell or many cells.
What is multicellular?
500
A stimulus is any change in the environment, or surroundings, of an organism that produces this.
What is a response?
500
The basic needs of living things include:
What are energy, food, water, oxygen, living space, and proper temperature?
500
These organic compounds are basic to life. (5 of them)
What are carbohydrates, fats and oils, proteins, enzymes, and nucleic acids?