30 questions
What is the definition of biology?
study of elements
study of chemicals
study of life
study of animals
what is the first step a scientist follows?
draw conclusions
pose a testable question
design an experminet
state your hypothesis
what is the second step a scientist follows?
state your hypothesis
make a theory
ask the teacher
design the experiment
what is the third step a scientist follows?
collect data
perform your experiment
pose a testable question
design your experiment
What is the fourth step a scientist follows?
perform your experiment
design the experiment
draw conclusions
collect the data
what is the fifth step a scientist follows?
perform your experiment
collect your data
draw conclusions
state your hypothesis
what is the sixth (last step) a scientist follows?
draw conclusions
perform experiment
collect data
pose a testable question
what is an Independent Variable?
receives experimental treatment
your data
all other factors that must stay the same
variable you control
what is the dependent variable?
receives experimental treatment
your data
variable you control
all the other factors that must stay the same
what is an experimental group?
receives experimental treatment
does not receive experimental treatment
a proposed explanation for the way a particular aspect of the natural world functions
science that is characterized by an organized approach
what is a control group?
it does nothing at all
all things that stay the same
does not receive experimental treatment. serves as a standard comparison.
used when the independent variable isn't a number
what's the importance of control groups and variables in experimental design?
it's your hypothesis
it's your data
it's the directions for your experiment
today we believe in spontaneous generation
true
false
who's experiment with meat jars lead to the conclusion that life only comes from living things?
Redi's
Van goghs
einstiens
mendeleev
what's the smallest unit of life?
atoms
cells
tissues
nucleus
why are cells the smallest unit of life
because they can carry out all life processes
they can carry out most of all life processes
they aren't, atoms are
they create organs
what is the definition of synthesis
ability to reproduce
makes wastes exit the body
to make or build
ability to grow or develp
what is the definition of secretion?
to release materials to other areas of the body
process of waste exiting the body
breathing
ability to move
what is the definition of excretion?
all chemical changes in the body
sensing and responding to changes in the environment
process of waste exiting the body
ability to grow or develop
what is the definition of respond to stimuli?
sensing and responding to changes in the environment
ability to grow or develop
production of offspring containing heritable traits from parents
all chemical changes in the body
what is the definition of growth?
to make or build
autotroph
ability to move
the ability to grow or develop
what is the definition of reproduction?
production of offspring containing heritable traits from parents
breath in O2 and produce CO2 making energy (ATP)
photosynthesis
ability to grow or develop
there are two ways to obtain and use energy. What's an autotroph?
self feeder
other feeder
there are two ways to obtain and use energy. What's a heterotroph?
autotroph
heterotroph
what is the definition of respiration?
production of offspring containing heritable traits from parents
ability to move
breathing in O2 and producing CO2 making energy (ATP
all chemical processes in the body
what is the definition of metabolism?
all chemical processes in the body
all chemical processes out of the body
how quick you can eat your food
the ability to move
what is the definition of movement?
when you have to run a mile in gym class
the ability to grow or develop
to make or build
the ability to move
is negative feedback found in regulation of blood?
yes
no
what is negative feedback?
the process of the body returning to its original state
use of the nervous system
use of the endocrine system
the body responds to an event with more "force" or in a stronger way
what is positive feedback?
restores the body to it's original state
use of the nervous system
use of the endocrine system
the body responds to an event with more "force" or in a stronger way