HBIO7 Mid-quarter test 1 TB 1.1-1.8, 2.1-1.16

What is Biology

The study of life

What is a cell?

The building blocks of living things

What are the 7 characteristics of life?

RAREHOGD- reproduction, adaption and evolution, response to stimuli, energy, homeostasis, organization of cells, growth and development, DNA

What is an organism?

A living thing that has at least one cell

What is a species?

A unique type of organism with different scientific two-part names

What is the hierarchy of life?

BECPOOTCOM— Biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism, organ, tissue, organelle, molecule

What is Taxonomy?

The part of biology that sorts and names species

What are some groups used for organizing species?

Phylum, class, genus, kingdom, domains

What are the Kingdoms of Eukarya?

Animalia, Plantae, and Fungi

What are emergent properties?

A property that wasn’t in the group before

What is the scientific method?

A set of steps that helps us understand and ask questions

What is step 1 of the scientific method?

Observe

What is step 2 of the scientific method?

Hypothesis

What is step 3 of the scientific method?

Experiment

What is step 4 of the scientific method?

Data

What is step 5 of the scientific method?

Result

What is step 6 of the scientific method?

Conclusion

what is a theory?

A set of related hypotheses that have been tested and confirmed many times

What is a control?

The norm of an experiment

What is a constant?

What stays the same throughout the experiment

What is an independent variable?

What you change; I —> scientist changes

What is a dependent variable?

The result of the changes; d —> data

What is a variable?

What changes with every part of the experiment

What is matter?

What everything is made of

What is an element?

a substance that is purely one material