Biology Terms and Scientific Method Definitions

Fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards for introductory biology and experimental design concepts.

__________ is defined as the study of life.

Biology

A change in the enviorment that leads to response is defined as a __________.

Stimulus

__________ is the process which a living thing produces ENERGY.

Respiration

Organisms that make their food and produce thier own glucose are called __________.

Autotroph

Organisms that cannot make their own food and consume food made by Autotrophs are called __________.

Heterotroph

__________ involves the parents where the offspring have characteristics of both parents.

Sexual Reproduction

__________ involves one parent that reproduces identical offspring to the parent.

Asexual Reproduction

The process of removing waste products from a living organism is called __________.

Excretion

The variable you change in an experiment is the __________.

Independent variable

The variable you measure in an experiment is the __________.

Dependent variable

The variables you keep the same in an experiment are called the __________.

Control variable

A suggested explanation for a change is a __________.

Hypothesis

__________ is defined as information.

Data

__________ data consists of numbers that you can count and measure.

Quantitative

__________ data consists of categories or descriptions e.g. what something looks like, how someone feels.

Qualitative

__________ data can be any value.

Continuous

__________ data has a limited number of values.

Discontinuous