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What are you doing when you use your 5 senses?
Observation
A prediction that is made using an if/then statement is called what?
Hypothesis
Data that is collected using numbers is what kind of data?
Quantitative Data
Data that is collected using words and descriptions is what kind of data?
Qualitative Data
The part of the experiment that you are capable of changing is called what?
Independent variable
The parts of the experiment that remain the same throughout
constants
Similar organisms that can reproduce by interbreeding belong to the same _______________
species
What is the variable that is measured in an experiment?
Dependent variable
What is the base unit for mass in the metric system?
gram
What is the base unit for volume of a liquid in the metric system?
liter
What is the base unit for length in the metric system?
meter
Which characteristic of life explains why your body temperature does not change when you go outside?
Living things maintain a stable internal temperature
What is the most basic unit of life?
cell
The variety of life across the biosphere is called _____________
Biodiversity
Which characteristic of life explains why humans no longer use their appendix?
As a species, living things change over time
Which characteristic of life explains how you were once a tiny baby and now are a teenager?
Living things grow and develop
What is it called when you make a prediction based on what you already know?
Inference
What type of graph is best for comparing this class’s favorite subjects?
Bar graph
What type of graph is best for showing how much you have grown each year since you were born?
Line graph
What type of graph is best for showing how you spend the hours in a day?
Pie graph
What is an explanation for a wide range of observations and experimental results that is supported by a wide range of evidence?
Scientific Theory
What is a descriptive account of how nature will behave under certain conditions?
Scientific Law
Characteristics of living things
made of cells, reproduce, based on DNA, grow and develop, metabolism (obtain and use energy), respond to their environment, maintain homeostasis (stable internal environments), evolution (change over time)
Light Microscope
provides an enlarged image if an object using a light beam (visualize up to 1500 times)
Electron Microscope
uses beams of electrons to magnify objects (visualize up 100,000 times)
What are some Biotechnology benefits?
Genetically modified food, resists insects and larger, and human genetic screening.
What are some Biotechnology risks?
Unknown long term effects
What are some Biotechnology ethical considerations?
Who should have access to this info, and how should it be used?
Biosphere
Includes all living things on Earth; environments, plants, animals, bacteria,
Organism
Any individual living thing